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The Collection of Antonio Homem Sonnabend
MARCEL BROODTHAERS (1924-1976)
Fémur de la femme française
Details
MARCEL BROODTHAERS (1924-1976)
Fémur de la femme française
painted human femur bone
2 3⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 x 3 ½ in. (6 x 42.9 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1965.
Fémur de la femme française
painted human femur bone
2 3⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 x 3 ½ in. (6 x 42.9 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1965.
Provenance
Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent from the above to the late owner
By descent from the above to the late owner
Literature
J.L. Froment and M. Borel, Collection Sonnabend: 25 années de choix et d'activités d'Ileana et Michael Sonnabend, exh. cat., Centre d’Arts Plastiques Contemporains de Bordeaux, 1988, p. 163 (illustrated).
M. Goldwater, ed., Marcel Broodthaers, exh. cat., Minneapolis and New York, 1989, p. 116 (illustrated).
T. McEvilley, "Another Alphabet: The Art of Marcel Broodthaers," in Artforum, vol. 28, no. 3, November 1989, p. 110.
Sammlung Sonnabend, exh. cat., Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, February-May 1996, p. 84 (illustrated).
R. Haidu, "Laughter," in Part Object Part Sculpture, Columbus, 2005, pp. 1 and 4 (illustrated).
S. Hackenschmidt, "A Material Matter: Marcel Broodthaers' Use of Bones as a Surrealist Intervention against the Political Cult of the Dead," in Image & Narrative, no. 13, November 2005, n.p., fig. 1 (illustrated).
J. Farago, "Marcel Broodthaers's Brussels, and Mine," in The New Yorker, 22 March 2016.
M. Goldwater, ed., Marcel Broodthaers, exh. cat., Minneapolis and New York, 1989, p. 116 (illustrated).
T. McEvilley, "Another Alphabet: The Art of Marcel Broodthaers," in Artforum, vol. 28, no. 3, November 1989, p. 110.
Sammlung Sonnabend, exh. cat., Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, February-May 1996, p. 84 (illustrated).
R. Haidu, "Laughter," in Part Object Part Sculpture, Columbus, 2005, pp. 1 and 4 (illustrated).
S. Hackenschmidt, "A Material Matter: Marcel Broodthaers' Use of Bones as a Surrealist Intervention against the Political Cult of the Dead," in Image & Narrative, no. 13, November 2005, n.p., fig. 1 (illustrated).
J. Farago, "Marcel Broodthaers's Brussels, and Mine," in The New Yorker, 22 March 2016.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume and Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Marcel Broodthaers, December 1991-June 1992, pp. 77 and 318 (illustrated).
New York, Museum of Modern Art and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Marcel Broodthaers: A Retrospective, February 2016-January 2017, pp. 114 and 340 (illustrated).
New York, Museum of Modern Art and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Marcel Broodthaers: A Retrospective, February 2016-January 2017, pp. 114 and 340 (illustrated).
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Presentado por
Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale