Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) Euterph Studio plaster... Lot 161

Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) Euterph Studio plaster (small dents). Titled on the front, signed on the side and dated (19)63. Height: 53.5 cm Historical background: in Greek mythology, Euterpe is the muse of lyric poetry and music (chips, restorations, stains). Provenance : - Sale of Joseph Csaky's workshop, Claude Boisgirard and Axel de Heeckeren, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 10 - June 28 1978, lot no. 87 (plaster sold with printing rights for eight eight copies); - Patrick Trigano Collection sale, Christie's, Paris, July 5 2005, no. 80 (the nine muses together). Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2007, model referenced under n° 1963-FM.354/a and reproduced on p. 385 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts. - sale Patrick Trigano Collection, Christie's, Paris, July 5 2005, no. 80 (the nine muses together). Bibliography Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste - Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2007, model referenced under n° 1963-FM.352/a and reproduced on p. 384 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts.