Pablo GARGALLO (1881-1934) - Lot 80

Pablo GARGALLO (1881-1934) Picasso mask, 1913. Original lost-wax bronze. Cast during the artist's lifetime, circa 1930. Based on the original stone sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona. By the Barcelona foundry Gimeno. Bears the mark V. GIMENO FUN[DICION]. 20.5 x 19.5 x 14.5 cm. Provenance: - Cast during the artist's lifetime by the founder V. Gimeno-Blanes, artistic director of the Tanagra foundry in L'Hospitalet (Barcelona). - Given or sold by the artist to Llorens Artigas (1892-1980), the famous Barcelona ceramist and friend of Gargallo, circa 1930. - Sold by Llorens Artigas to Yves Revelli, French sculptor (1898-1971), circa 1945. - Sold at auction by the Revelli heirs at Carvajal, Antibes, on May 2, 2015, lot 90. Certificate of authenticity: - The work was the subject of a certificate of authenticity by Mr. Jean Anguerra Gargallo, the artist's grandson, on November 6, 2014, which states that "its recent discovery has not enabled it to be listed under no. 49a devoted to Picasso's Masque in the catalog raisonné established by Pierrette Anguerra Gargallo, for Éditions de l'Amateur in 1998". - On March 28, 2022, Mr. Jean Anguerra Gargallo added to his first certificate to specify the name of the founder, which had not been deciphered in 2014. - Certificate from Virginie Journiac, CECOA, FNEPSA and CEDEA expert, specifying that this print is an "original bronze by Gargallo", executed in a single run, and not a posthumous print "after Gargallo" as is the case with the edition of 7 copies produced around 1954 by the Busato foundry (Paris). The Centre Pompidou owns bronze no. 3/7 of this posthumous edition, currently on deposit at the Musée d'art et d'industrie "La Piscine" in Roubaix. This document will be given to the winning bidder.