PARVINE CURIE (BORN 1938) PREMIÈRE MÈRE, 1969-1970, An important modular sculpture, formed of four independent stylized figures in darkened wood, supporting in the center a set of stylized figures formed of two gilded brass-clad wooden elevations. (Brass parts to be restored). A darkened wood and brass-clad woodsculpture. (Brass parts to be restored). H 150 x 133 x 130 cm - H 59 x 51 1/8 x52 3/8 in. BIBLIOGRAPHY - Scarlett Reliquet "Parvine Curie", Galerie Martel-Greiner, Somogy Éditeur, 2010. Model to be compared with that reproduced on p. 2. - Exhibition catalog, Centre d'Art Campredon; "Parvine Curie. sculptures & Tangkas", L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Éditions Maison de l'Europe Angers & Maine-et-Loire. 2017, p. 18-19. - Collectif, "Parvine Curie", Collection Prisme, Paris, 1982, model reproduced on p. 13. - Collective, Pierre Cabanne, Gilles Plazy, Francis Villadier, "Parvine Curie" Édition association des amis de Sophie Taeuber et Jean Arp Meudon, reproduced p. 20 and p. 56. LOT IN STORAGE