Null Apel-les Fenosa (Barcelona, 1899-Paris, 1988)
Couple ASSIS, 1926.
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Apel-les Fenosa (Barcelona, 1899-Paris, 1988) Couple ASSIS, 1926. Sculpture in patinated bronze. Signed and numbered III/5. Attached certificate of authenticity issued before a notary by Nicole Damotte Fenosa, widow of the artist, in 1996. Bibliography: Reproduced in the book "FENOSA: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté" by Nicole Fenosa and Bertrand Tillier. P. 112. Nº21. Edited by Ediciones Polígrafa, 2002. 16 x 13 x 12 cm.

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Apel-les Fenosa (Barcelona, 1899-Paris, 1988) Couple ASSIS, 1926. Sculpture in patinated bronze. Signed and numbered III/5. Attached certificate of authenticity issued before a notary by Nicole Damotte Fenosa, widow of the artist, in 1996. Bibliography: Reproduced in the book "FENOSA: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté" by Nicole Fenosa and Bertrand Tillier. P. 112. Nº21. Edited by Ediciones Polígrafa, 2002. 16 x 13 x 12 cm.

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