Henri Laurens
1885 - 1954

Pamela. 1943.
Bronze with brown patina.
On the plinth with the monogram in ligature and the numbering, as well as with the foundry mark of “Cire C. Valsuani Perdue". Copy 4 of 6. Height: 15 cm (5.9 in). Base: 1 x 29,5 x 13 cm (0,3 x 11,6 x 5,1 in).
[AW].

• Lifetime cast.
• Timeless beauty: flowing lines and an astonishing presence.
• Henri Laurens' late work is characterized by a rich variety of forms.
• He is considered one of the most influential French sculptors of the first half of the 20th century.
• The depiction of the female body plays the absolutely central role in his entire artistic oeuvre.
• Other copies of this bronze are in the SKM in Copenhagen, the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

With a photo expertise from Maurice Jardot of Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, dated 9 May 1974. The work is registered at the Galerie Louise Leiris with the number 08959/7959.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (with the gallery label on the underside).
Private collection, Canada
Galerie Wolfgang Werner, Bremen.
Private collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1983).

EXHIBITION: Henri Laurens. Exposition de la donation aux Musées Nationaux, Grand Palais Paris, May to August 1967, cat. no. 78 (with illustration, probably of a different copy).
Henri Laurens (1885–1954), Sprengel Museum, Hanover, March 3–April 28, 1985; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, August 11–September 22, 1985, cat. no. 14 (with illu. on p. 41, different copy).
Henri Laurens. Wellentöchter, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, September 30, 2018–January 13, 2019; Kunsthalle Mannheim, March 1–June 16, 2019, cat. no. 41 (with illu. on p. 15).

LITERATURE: Werner Hofmann, The Sculpture of Henri Laurens, New York 1970, p. 192 (with an illustration of a different copy).

Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.56 h +/- 20 min.