"Dormeuse" Pablo GARGALLO terracotta sculpture. Signed. Dated 1924
PABLO GARGALLO (1881-1934)
Dormeuse (Durmiente)
Rare terracotta figure of a sleeping lady.
Signed and dated 1924.
One finger tip missing.
Wood base.
Excellent condition.
26cm 19cm 14cm
This sculpture is referenced in Gargallo catalogue raisonné under ref 108 for the bronze version.
Many bronze versions were produced by various foundry.
Catalogue raisonné, mentions an unbaked clay version in a Barcelona private collection.
A plaster version was auctioned in Paris for 2700eur in 2015.
Several bronze version auctioned from 20 000 to 40 000 eur.
PABLO GARGALLO. (1881-1934)
Born in Maella, Aragon, he moved to Barcelona, Catalonia, with his family in 1888, where he would begin his training in the arts. Gargallo developed a style of sculpture based on the creation of three-dimensional objects from pieces of flat metal plate, and he also used paper or cardboard. Some of these sculptures have a form of cubism. For example, only one half of a face may be shown, and it may have only one eye. He also made more traditional sculptures in bronze, marble and other materials. He is considered to be one of the most significant artists of the town of ralls Aragonese avant-garde.
He spent a significant part of his life in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. In 1903, he invested a studio at the Cité d'Artistes, rue Vercingétorix in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. There he met Max Jacob and Carlos Casagemas, both friends of Pablo Picasso.
In 1907 he stayed at the artists commune Le Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre[2] with Max Jacob, Juan Gris and other artists. He spent his first night in the studio of his friend Picasso, whose head he modeled as a sculpture. There he was able to contemplate Picasso's seminal proto-Cubist painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Shortly thereafter, Juan Gris introduced him to Magali Tartanson, whom he married in 1915. During this period Gargallo was influenced by the work of Picasso.
Among Gargallo's works are three pieces based on Greta Garbo: "Masque de Greta Garbo à la mèche," "Tête de Greta Garbo avec chapeau," and "Masque de Greta Garbo aux cils." Together with Dídac Masana, Gargallo sculpted the great arch over the front of the stage of the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. The work depicts the Ride of the Valkyries in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre (The Valkyries).
Gargallo suffered from fulminating bronchial pneumonia and died in Reus, Tarragona. He is considered to be one of the most significant artists of the Spanish avant-garde,[citation needed] and in 1985 the Pablo Gargallo Museum in Zaragoza opened in the former Argillo Palace. Gargallo's birthplace and early home, on the street now dedicated to his name in Maella, Zaragosa, has been transformed into a museum dedicated to his life and works.
Dormeuse (Durmiente)
Rare terracotta figure of a sleeping lady.
Signed and dated 1924.
One finger tip missing.
Wood base.
Excellent condition.
26cm 19cm 14cm
This sculpture is referenced in Gargallo catalogue raisonné under ref 108 for the bronze version.
Many bronze versions were produced by various foundry.
Catalogue raisonné, mentions an unbaked clay version in a Barcelona private collection.
A plaster version was auctioned in Paris for 2700eur in 2015.
Several bronze version auctioned from 20 000 to 40 000 eur.
PABLO GARGALLO. (1881-1934)
Born in Maella, Aragon, he moved to Barcelona, Catalonia, with his family in 1888, where he would begin his training in the arts. Gargallo developed a style of sculpture based on the creation of three-dimensional objects from pieces of flat metal plate, and he also used paper or cardboard. Some of these sculptures have a form of cubism. For example, only one half of a face may be shown, and it may have only one eye. He also made more traditional sculptures in bronze, marble and other materials. He is considered to be one of the most significant artists of the town of ralls Aragonese avant-garde.
He spent a significant part of his life in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. In 1903, he invested a studio at the Cité d'Artistes, rue Vercingétorix in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. There he met Max Jacob and Carlos Casagemas, both friends of Pablo Picasso.
In 1907 he stayed at the artists commune Le Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre[2] with Max Jacob, Juan Gris and other artists. He spent his first night in the studio of his friend Picasso, whose head he modeled as a sculpture. There he was able to contemplate Picasso's seminal proto-Cubist painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Shortly thereafter, Juan Gris introduced him to Magali Tartanson, whom he married in 1915. During this period Gargallo was influenced by the work of Picasso.
Among Gargallo's works are three pieces based on Greta Garbo: "Masque de Greta Garbo à la mèche," "Tête de Greta Garbo avec chapeau," and "Masque de Greta Garbo aux cils." Together with Dídac Masana, Gargallo sculpted the great arch over the front of the stage of the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. The work depicts the Ride of the Valkyries in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre (The Valkyries).
Gargallo suffered from fulminating bronchial pneumonia and died in Reus, Tarragona. He is considered to be one of the most significant artists of the Spanish avant-garde,[citation needed] and in 1985 the Pablo Gargallo Museum in Zaragoza opened in the former Argillo Palace. Gargallo's birthplace and early home, on the street now dedicated to his name in Maella, Zaragosa, has been transformed into a museum dedicated to his life and works.
REFERENCE: ga1204
