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Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) "Polimnya". Studio plaster (small dents). Titled on the front, signed on the side and dated (19)65. Height 54.5 cm Historical background: in Greek mythology, Polymnia is the muse of rhetoric (chips, scratches and stains). Provenance : - Sale Atelier de Joseph Csaky, Claude Boisgirard and Axel de Heeckeren, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 10 - June 28 1978, lot no. 84 (plaster sold with printing rights for eight eight copies); - Patrick Trigano Collection sale, Christie's, Paris, July 5 2005, no. 80 (the nine muses together). Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2007, model referenced under n° 1965-FM.362/a and reproduced on p. 387 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts. 2005, no. 80 (the nine muses together). Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2007, model referenced under n° 1963-FM.353/a and reproduced on p. 385 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts.
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Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) "Polimnya". Studio plaster (small dents). Titled on the front, signed on the side and dated (19)65. Height 54.5 cm Historical background: in Greek mythology, Polymnia is the muse of rhetoric (chips, scratches and stains). Provenance : - Sale Atelier de Joseph Csaky, Claude Boisgirard and Axel de Heeckeren, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 10 - June 28 1978, lot no. 84 (plaster sold with printing rights for eight eight copies); - Patrick Trigano Collection sale, Christie's, Paris, July 5 2005, no. 80 (the nine muses together). Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2007, model referenced under n° 1965-FM.362/a and reproduced on p. 387 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts. 2005, no. 80 (the nine muses together). Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2007, model referenced under n° 1963-FM.353/a and reproduced on p. 385 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts.
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