Julio Gonzalez

(1876-­‐1942)

Grande Venus, 1936-­‐1937 Bronze with dark brown patina

Numbered and stamped on the base: 1/9 Valsuani Cire Perdue

10.8 x 3.4 x 3 in. / 27.5 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm.

Provenance :

Succession Gonzalez, Paris Galerie de France

anon. sale, Christie's, London June 25, 1991 -­‐   Lot 132 Private Collection, Lugano

Kent Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York

Exhibited:

Julio Gonzalez. Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1952

Julio Gonzalez. Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam, 1955

     Traveled to:  Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Kunsthalle Bern, La   Chaux-­‐de-­‐fonds,   Musee   des   

    Beaux-­‐Arts , Museum     of    Modern Art , The    Minneapolis   Institute    of Arts

Julio Gonzalez.  Kestner-­‐Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1957

     Traveled to:  Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, December Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund Stadtisches Museum Leverkusen

Julio Gonzalez. Galerie Chalette, New York, 1961

     Traveled to:  San Francisco Museum of Art  Cleveland Museum of Art. Munson-­‐Williams-­‐Proctor 

     Institute, Utica Albright-­‐Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.   Montreal   Museum   of   Fine   Arts 1962,

     National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa

Julio Gonzalez: Sculptures, Painting and Drawings. Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, 1965

Julio Gonzalez: The Materials of his Expression. Musee Fabre, Montpelier, 1970

Gonzalez. Galeria Turner, Madrid, 1974 

Gonzalez: 100th  Anniversary Exhibition. The Pace Gallery, New York, 1976

Julio Gonzalez, Plastiken, Zeichnungen. Galerie Ulysses, Wien, 1977

Julio Gonzalez: A Retrospective. Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, 1977

Julio Gonzalez: Bronzen und Zeichnungen, eine Retrospektive. Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, 1977

Julio Gonzalez 1876-­1942. Palais des Beaux-­‐Arts, Charleroi, 1977

Julio Gonzalez: Sculptures and Drawings. The Pace Gallery, New York, 1981 Gonzalez: Dessins et sculptures des annes, 30. Musee des Beaux-­‐Arts, Rennes, 1982 Gonzalez, Sculptures-­Dessins. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1982

Julio Gonzalez: A Retrospective. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1983 Berlin, Akademie der Kunst, 1983

Julio Gonzalez. Galerie Pieter Coray, Lugano, 1983

Literature :

Aguilera Cerni, Vicente. Rome, 1962. Pradel: Paris, 1966.

Descargues, Pierre. Julio Gonzalez.  Paris : Le Musee de Poche. Paris, 1971,  p. 49. Fenn, Walter. “La Temporalite humaine.” La Tribune d’Allemagne, Hamburg. 1983.

MEAC. Madrid, 1975, p. 148.

Rowell, Margit, et al. Julio Gonzalez: Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures.  Milan: Electa 1987, ill. cat.  no. 220, p. 248.

Sawin, Martica. “Gonzalez and Lipchitz.” Arts Magazine, New York, 1962, p. 16.

Withers, Josephine. Julio Gonzalez, Sculpture in Iron.  New York, 1978 ,  p. 85.