Constantin Brancusi
Portrait de femme (Coiffée en turban) , 1914 (Executed)
Lot #239 |
2023-05-17 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
USD 150,000 - 250,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11158
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2023-05-17
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Acquired By Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 25â…ž by 19 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
65.8
Width In Centimeters:
48.4
Height In Inches:
25.875
Width In Inches:
19
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Year notes: Executed in 1914.
Provenance
Dina Vierny, Paris (acquired from the artist) Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris (acquired in the 1960s) Luc Bellier, Paris (acquired by descent from the above) Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren, Marino (acquired by 1971 and until the 1990s) Finarte, Milan, 14 April 1992, lot 248 Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the above) Sotheby’s, Paris, 21 April 2022, lot 32 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Duisburg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum der Stadt, Pariser Begegnungen 1904-1914: Café du Dôme, Académie Matisse, Lehmbrucks Freundeskreis , 1965, no. 417, illustrated Paris, Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier, Autour du cubisme , 1967, no. 1, illustrated (titled Portrait de Mlle Pogany ) Caserta, Palazzo Reale, La Collezione Ponti-Loren al Palazzo Reale di Caserta , 1984, p. 37, illustrated
Literature
Marcello Venturi, "La casa e la collezione di Carlo Ponti e Sophia Loren,” Bolaffiarte , vol. II, no. 12, Summer 1971, p. 50, illustrated (in a photograph of the collection in situ )
Catalog summary
Property from a New York Private Collection Constantin Brancusi 1876 - 1957 Portrait de femme (Coiffée en turban) signed C Branc (lower right) oil and pencil on cardboard 25⅞ by 19 in. 65.8 by 48.4 cm. Executed in 1914. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Mrs. Margit Rowell. Provenance Dina Vierny, Paris (acquired from the artist) Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris (acquired in the 1960s) Luc Bellier, Paris (acquired by descent from the above) Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren, Marino (acquired by 1971 and until the 1990s) Finarte, Milan, 14 April 1992, lot 248 Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the above) Sotheby’s, Paris, 21 April 2022, lot 32 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Marcello Venturi, "La casa e la collezione di Carlo Ponti e Sophia Loren,” Bolaffiarte , vol. II, no. 12, Summer 1971, p. 50, illustrated (in a photograph of the collection in situ ) Exhibited Duisburg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum der Stadt, Pariser Begegnungen 1904-1914: Café du Dôme, Académie Matisse, Lehmbrucks Freundeskreis , 1965, no. 417, illustrated Paris, Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier, Autour du cubisme , 1967, no. 1, illustrated (titled Portrait de Mlle Pogany ) Caserta, Palazzo Reale, La Collezione Ponti-Loren al Palazzo Reale di Caserta , 1984, p. 37, illustrated