Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861-1929) Beethoven,... Lot 6

Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861-1929) Beethoven, Étude pour un Masque Disparu 1925. Signed ‘ANT. BOURDELLE' on the neck (right profile), bottom right; with ‘© By Bourdelle' at the base, bottom left (verso); also with ‘E. GODARD/CIRE PERDUE' foundry mark and numbered ‘4' at the base, bottom left (left-hand side), bronze with brown patina Height: 18 1/4 in. (46.4cm) Provenance Rhodia Dufet-Bourdelle, Paris. Acquired directly from the above. Collection of Robert A. Becker, New York, New York.