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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (French, 1891-1915) Garden Ornament III 34 cm. (13 3/8 in.) high Conceived in 1914 and cast in lead by H.S. (Jim) Ede, pre-1943 (this cast) image 1
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (French, 1891-1915) Garden Ornament III 34 cm. (13 3/8 in.) high Conceived in 1914 and cast in lead by H.S. (Jim) Ede, pre-1943 (this cast) image 2
Lot 61

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
(French, 1891-1915)
Garden Ornament III 34 cm. (13 3/8 in.) high Conceived in 1914 and cast in lead by H.S. (Jim) Ede, pre-1943 (this cast)

19 June 2024, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (French, 1891-1915)

Garden Ornament III
lead
34 cm. (13 3/8 in.) high
Conceived in 1914 and cast in lead by H.S. (Jim) Ede, pre-1943 (this cast)

Footnotes

Provenance
H.S. (Jim) Ede

Exhibited
Cardiff, The Cardiff Gallery, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, July-August 1953, cat.no.6, (lead exhibited)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Arts Council Gallery, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Sculpture, Pastels and Drawings, December 1955-January 1956, cat.no. 21 (lead exhibited)
London, Folio Society, Gaudier-Brzeska, April-May 1964, cat.no.1 (another cast)
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, February 1965, cat.no.95 (another cast)
New York, Gruenebaum Gallery, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Sculpture and Drawings, September-October 1977, cat.no.15 (another cast)
Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, June-September 1993, cat.no.32, (another cast); this exhibition travelled to Toulouse, Musée d'Art Moderne, October-December 1993
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, June-September 2009, cat.no.43 (another cast); this exhibition travelled to Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 2009

Literature
Harold Stanley Ede, A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska, London, 1930, p.206
Exh. cat., Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1965, cat.no.95 (ill., another cast)
Stephen Bann, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Sculpture and Drawings, New York, Gruenebaum Gallery, 1977, pp.33-34, cat.no.14, (ill., another cast)
Roger Cole, Burning to Speak: The Life and Art of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Oxford, 1978, p.115, cat.no.61 (ill., another cast)
B.L. Fauquembergue Bernard, Le Lycée Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Saint-Jean-de-Braye, 1986, pp.94-95 (ill., another cast)
Exh. cat., Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1993, pp.109, 112, cat.no.32 (ill., another cast)
Evelyn Silber, Gaudier-Brzeska: Life and Art, London, 1996, p.274, cat.no.100, pl.148, plaster illustrated, as Maquette for Flower Vase 2 (Garden Ornament 3)
Christian Briend, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2009, pp.130-131, cat.no.43 (ill., another cast)

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