Robert WLÉRICK (1882-1944) - Lot 168

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Robert WLÉRICK (1882-1944) - Lot 168
Robert WLÉRICK (1882-1944) Head of the sculptor Raymond Corbin, 1932 Bronze proof with a bluish-black patina, numbered 5/10. Sand cast by Alexis Rudier. Signed (bottom, back): R. Wlérick. 34 x 23 x 26 cm PROVENANCE: Artist's studio; by descent. BIBLIOGRAPHY: - Robert Wlérick, Actes du colloque de 1995, Éditions musées de Mont-de-Marsan, 1999, p. 53, repr. (bronze print). EXHIBITIONS : - 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, n° 50 p.56, repr. (bronze proof n°4/10, sand casting Alexis Rudier). - 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, p. 54, repr. (bronze print). Raymond Corbin (1907-2002) was a French medallist, sculptor and illustrator, disciple of Robert Wlérick. A bronze proof was part of the collection of the architect Auguste Perret, friend of Wlérick. The copy n°2/10 belongs to the collections of the Musée des Années 30 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
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