Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) Haleia Studio plaster... Lot 159

Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) Haleia Studio plaster (small dents). Titled on the front, signed on the side and dated (19)65. Height: 56 cm. History: in Greek mythology, Thalie is the muse of comedy. muse of comedy (stains, chips, scratches). Provenance : - Atelier de Joseph Csaky, Claude Boisgirard and Axel de Heeckeren, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 10 - June 28 1978, lot no. 81 (plaster sold with rights to print eight eight copies); - Patrick Trigano Collection sale, Christie's, Paris, July 5 2005, no. 80 (the nine muses together); private collection collection, Paris. Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste figuration réaliste - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2007, model referenced under n° 1965-FM.360/a and reproduced on p. 386 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts