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Robert WLÉRICK (1882-1944) - Lot 189

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Robert WLÉRICK (1882-1944) - Lot 189
Robert WLÉRICK (1882-1944) Study for Lulu Lapalue, 1931 Bronze proof. Lost wax casting C. Valsuani. Signed (on the back, on the base): R. Wlérick. 65 x 19 x 15.5 cm PROVENANCE: Artist's studio; by descent. 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, no. 48 p. 54 (headless torso, bronze proof n°8/10, sand casting L. Thinot, H. 44 cm). - Robert Wlérick (1882-1944), Mont-de-Marsan, Musée Despiau-Wlérick, 17 July-26 September 1991, p. 26, repr. (headless torso, bronze print, H. 44 cm). - Wlérick, Saint-Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade, 26 March-20 June 1994, p. 29, repr. (headless torso, bronze print, H. 44 cm). Lulu Lapalue is the name of the professional model who posed for this figure. Wlérick first produced eight copies of this sketchy state of the work. He then completed the figure by removing the head. Of this final version, there are marble and bronze proofs (see cat. no. 197) in private French and American collections.
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