Lot 238
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Henri Laurens
L'éveil, 1951.
Bronze with brown patina
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 92,800 - 139,200
Henri Laurens
1885 - 1954
L'éveil. 1951.
Bronze with brown patina.
On the back of the plinth with the monogram in ligature and the numbering, as well as with the foundry mark of “Cire C. Valsuani Perdue”. Copy 3 of 6. Height: 29.5 cm (11.6 in). Base: 1,8 x 18,8 x 16,2 cm (0,7 x 7,4 x 6,3 in).
[AW].
• Lifetime cast.
• Compact, harmonious composition with sensual, rounded, and minimalist forms.
• The depiction of the female body plays an absolute key role in Henri Laurens' entire artistic oeuvre.
• In 1951, the year this bronze was created, the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris dedicated a major retrospective to him.
• His voluminous, expressive sculptures have had a formative influence on modern art as a whole, today can be found in renowned museum collections around the world, including the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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 05038/7666.
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. 104 (with an illustration of another 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. 57 (with illu. on p. 127, different copy).
Henri Laurens. Wellentöchter, Gerhard Marcks House, Bremen, September 30, 2018–January 13, 2019; Kunsthalle Mannheim, March 1–June 16, 2019, cat. no. 56 (with illu. on p. 32).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.04 h +/- 20 min.
1885 - 1954
L'éveil. 1951.
Bronze with brown patina.
On the back of the plinth with the monogram in ligature and the numbering, as well as with the foundry mark of “Cire C. Valsuani Perdue”. Copy 3 of 6. Height: 29.5 cm (11.6 in). Base: 1,8 x 18,8 x 16,2 cm (0,7 x 7,4 x 6,3 in).
[AW].
• Lifetime cast.
• Compact, harmonious composition with sensual, rounded, and minimalist forms.
• The depiction of the female body plays an absolute key role in Henri Laurens' entire artistic oeuvre.
• In 1951, the year this bronze was created, the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris dedicated a major retrospective to him.
• His voluminous, expressive sculptures have had a formative influence on modern art as a whole, today can be found in renowned museum collections around the world, including the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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 05038/7666.
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. 104 (with an illustration of another 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. 57 (with illu. on p. 127, different copy).
Henri Laurens. Wellentöchter, Gerhard Marcks House, Bremen, September 30, 2018–January 13, 2019; Kunsthalle Mannheim, March 1–June 16, 2019, cat. no. 56 (with illu. on p. 32).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 16.04 h +/- 20 min.
238
Henri Laurens
L'éveil, 1951.
Bronze with brown patina
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 92,800 - 139,200
Buyer's premium and taxation for Henri Laurens "L'éveil"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
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