Charles Malfray (1887-1940) - Lot 124

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Charles Malfray (1887-1940) - Lot 124
Charles Malfray (1887-1940) The Truth, 1932 Proof in bronze with green patina, n°3/8. Lost wax casting Claude Valsuani. Signed (twice, on the terrace) " Ch. Malfray et CH. MALFRAY". 58 x 29 x 31 cm Malfray began the realization of La Vérité at the end of a work session with his students at the Académie Ranson, where he had been teaching for nearly a year thanks to the support of Aristide Maillol. La Vérité carries an intense emotional charge. The variety of titles attributed to it testifies to this: Woman Wiping Her Back; The Awakening; Life Liberating Itself from Nature. Two sizes are known for The Truth: 55 cm high, and 120 cm high. Two 120 cm plaster casts are held in French public collections: one in the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (purchased at public auction, 1958, AMS 335); the other in the Musée National d'Art Moderne (gift of M. Gillekens, 1952, AM 942 S). The work has been produced in bronze in both sizes, and has been exhibited many times. Related literature - Jacques de Laprade, Malfray, Paris, Fernand Mour- lot, 1944, p. 25, pl. XV. - Malfray from Orléans now shares one of the main rooms of the Museum of Modern Art with Bour-delle, La République, 20 January 1953, repr. - Jean Cassou, Bernard Dorival, Geneviève Homolle, Catalogue guide du MNAM, Paris, Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1954, p. 201-202. - Françoise Galle, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures de Charles Malfray, DESS dissertation, University of Paris I, direction of Robert Julien, 1971. Exhibitions - Charles Malfray, Paris, musée du Petit-Palais, June 1947, n°32, 33, repr. - Charles Malfray 1887-1940, Paris, Edmond Guérin gallery, February 16-March 31, 1948, n°19. - Charles Malfray 1887-1940, London, Marlborough Gallery, September-October 1951, n°6, repr. - Panathenaeum of World Sculpture, Athens, National Tourist Office, September 8-November 8, 1965. - Formes Humaines, second biennial of contemporary sculpture, Paris, Musée Rodin, April 29-May 30, 1966, n°8. - Hommage à Charles Malfray, Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 2 September-9 October 1967, n°6. - Sculptures, paintings, drawings, Rosny-sous-bois, center Jean Vilar, 15-31 May 1987. - Les Architectes du Sensible, Paris, Galerie Mala- quais, 14 May-31 July 2004, I, p. 14, repr. - Charles Malfray 1887-1940 sculptor, Paris, Galerie Malaquais, 5 April-30 June 2007. - Bissière, Le Moal, Manessier, Étienne-Martin, Stahly... Éclosions à l'Académie Ranson, Montparnasse Années 30, Rambouillet, Palais du Roi de Rome, October 16, 2010-January 16, 2011, Éditions Snoeck, 2010.
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