Émile GILIOLI (1911-1977) - Lot 216

Émile GILIOLI (1911-1977) Astrale, 1966 White marble direct cut signed on the base. Important base in black lacquered wood bearing a label with the title of the work. x000D_ Minor chips on a corner.x000D_ 63,5 x 29 x 39 cm Base 100 x 43 x 42.5 cm In addition to this marble model, there are seven proofs in polished bronze of a height of 31 cm and six proofs in polished bronze of a height of 120 cm. REFERENCES: The Musée National d'Art Moderne/C.C.I. Centre Georges Pompidou has a similar proof of the same title in polished bronze with larger dimensions under inventory number AM.1980-436. BIBLIOGRAPHY/EXHIBITIONS: Ionel Jianou and Hélène Lassalle, Gilioli, Paris, Arted, Éditions d'art, 1971, referenced under n°402 in the Catalogue des sculptures with a dimension that is probably erroneous and described as coming from the Edouard Loeb gallery in Paris, a copy in polished bronze reproduced under n°52 Collective, Gilioli - Sculptures, June-September 1979, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979, the similar copy in bronze, larger, reproduced in black and white pages 33-35. Saint-Rémy-Lès-Chevreuse, Fondation Coubertin, Gilioli, September 9-November 15, 1998, a larger copy in polished bronze, reproduced in black and white under n°26, page 79 in the exhibition catalog. Collective, Gilioli, Brussels, Galerie Veranneman, a bronze copy of 120 cm high reproduced on page 73. Giovanni Carandente, Gilioli, Milan, Éditions Stendhal, 1980, reproduced in black and white on page 96 (a similar larger copy). Michel Ragon, Extract from Cimaise n°143, "Gilioli", 1979, reproduced in black and white, unpaginated (a similar larger copy).