Post War & Contemporary Art 
15 March 2023
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Henri Laurens 1885–1954

La Guitare

c. 1920
terracotta 14 h × 7 w × 4 d in (36 × 18 × 10 cm)
estimate: $10,000–30,000
result: $21,420
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Incised signature and number to interior ‘H.L. N.3’.
provenance: Templeton Crocker, San Francisco | Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Estate Sale, 5 April 1967, Lot 57 | Private Collection | Private Collection, California
literature: Henri Laurens, Sculpteur, 1885-1954, Laurens, pg. 87, no. 14 illustrates stone version

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I strive for the ripeness of forms - I would like to make them so full and luscious that nothing more could be added to them.

Henri Laurens

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