Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) Melpomenh Studio plaster... Lot 162

Joseph CSAKY (1888-1971) Melpomenh Studio plaster (minor chips). Titled on the front, signed on the side and dated (19)63. Height 52.5 cm € 3,000 / € 4,000 Historical background: in Greek mythology, Melpomène is the muse of song and tragedy (chips, stains, scratches). Provenance : - Atelier de Joseph Csaky, Claude Boisgirard and Axel de Heeckeren, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 10 - June 28 1978, lot no. 82 (plaster sold with rights to print eight eight copies); - 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.353/a and reproduced on p. 385 and p. 267 for a a photograph of the nine plaster casts. 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.