ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929) (AFTER) - Lot 338

ÉMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929) (AFTER) After "Les Enfants montrant du doigt Démosthène en murmurant: c'est lui", the model originally conceived in [1927], our proof numbered L/4 from an edition of 10 produced in 1965 by the Musée Bourdelle. High-relief panel. Terracotta proof. Pot mortem edition, 1965, following the deluxe edition of the artist's monograph by Janiou et Dufet. Presented in its original box lined with gray suede. Numbered L/4 lower right. 30 x 22.2 cm Important note: The certificate of authenticity issued by the Musée Bourdelle on October 18, 1965 and signed by C. BOURDELLE (for Cléopâtre Bourdelle-Sevastos, widow of the artist) will be given to the purchaser. Historical background: Our high-relief panel is one of a series of thirteen terracotta bas-reliefs, ten of which were produced in 1965 to coincide with the publication of the deluxe edition of Ionel Janiou and Michel Dufet's monograph on Bourdelle. These bas-reliefs were based on plaster casts and projects produced by the artist in 1927 to illustrate the book Démosthène written by Georges Clémenceau - who chose Bourdelle for his strong Hellenism. Originally numbering fifteen, they were later translated into wood for printing by J. L. Perrichon. Public collections and related works : - Musée Bourdelle, Paris - The plaster bas-relief, from which the edition of our model was drawn, is preserved in the collections of this institution. - Fujikawa Galleries, Osaka, Japan - Another proof of the model, numbered L/1, is in the collections of this institution. Related archives and works : Fonds Antoine Bourdelle, Musée Bourdelle, Paris - The archive file relating to Bourdelle's projects for the Clémenceau work - in which the model is cited several times - is kept within this fonds under the reference MB-ARCH-BO-AB/D.01F. Bibliography : Ionel Jianou & Michel Dufet - Bourdelle - Arted Éditions d'Art, Paris, 1965. Our model cited in the catalog raisonné page 117-118 and referenced under catalog number 96 page 208; an identical model reproduced page 211 (illustration L). Bibliography and related works: - Georges Clémenceau - Démosthène - Hors-texte by Antoine Bourdelle, woodcut by J. L. Perrichon - Éditions Librairie Plon, Paris, 1929. The print from the original model is reproduced on page 25. - Bourdelle Exhibition - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, from February 14 to April 6, 1931. Perrichon's woodcuts referenced under number 265 in the catalog, and quoted on page 80. - Collectif - Du relief au texte, Catalogue raisonné des livres illustrés par Antoine Bourdelle - Éditions du musée Bourdelle / Paris Musées, Paris, 2009. The extract from Clémenceau's book showing the print from the original model reproduced in the book, unpaginated.