Robert WLERICK (1882-1944) - Lot 158

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Robert WLERICK (1882-1944) - Lot 158
Robert WLERICK (1882-1944) Heracles Model created in 1926. Bronze with black patina. Signed R Wlérick on the terrace. Bears the stamp of the Coubertin foundry and the number 5/10. H. 69 cm PROVENANCE : Artist's family. RELATED WORK: Robert Wlérick, Héraklès, 1926, plaster cast, H. 39 W. 15 D. 12 cm, signed R. Wlérick, Mont-de-Marsan, Musée Despiau-Wlérick, inv. MM 78 11 15. RELATED LITERATURE : - Danièle Gutmann, Robert Wlérick (1882-1944), Paris, Musée Rodin, 31 March-28 June 1982; Mont-de-Marsan, Musée Despiau-Wlérick, 17 July-26 September 1982, Éditions Musée Rodin, 1982, model listed under cat. no. 33, pp. 43-44 ; - Robert Wlérick, études, esquisses et dessins, Mont-de-Marsan, musée Despiau-Wlérick, 24 June-5 September 1994; Paris, musée Bourdelle, 1 February-14 May 1995; Poitiers, musée Sainte-Croix, 6 October-10 December 1995; Chambéry, musée des beaux-arts, 1 February-30 April 1996, Paris-Musées, 1994, model listed under cat. 2, p. 61. The model, in its large version, was presented at the Salon d'Automne in 1934. It is this work that was chosen to illustrate the reverse of the Wlérick medal commissioned by the Mint.
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