"Hajdu Marble Sculpture 1956"
Etienne HAJDUSculpture "the Woman with a Bun", in pink marble from Portugal.
Total height 73 cm, base 3 cm, length 52 cm, width 4 cm.
Unique piece made in 1956.
Authenticuty Certificate from Galerie Carre & Cie of Paris n° C.04.019
Provenance: Joseph Cantor Collection, Carmel, Indiana (USA), Sale Chicago.
- Hindman Auctions on 07.29.2021.
- Private collection (Portugal)
Museums: Deutchland, Essen, Monchengladbach. United States, New York: Modern Art, Salomon, Guggenheim. San Francisco, Washington. French, Paris Modern Art, Frac, Grenoble, Dijon, Sèvres...Grece, Hongria, Luxembourg,...
Exhibitions:
- 1956, Paris, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, "Hajdu" june 1956.
- 1957 Bern, Suisse, Kunsthalle, "Pierre Tal Coat: Bilder". "Etienne Hajdu, Reliefs und Sculpturen", June-July 1957, n°70.
- 1958 New York, Knoeder Galeries "Hajdu" April-May 1958, reproduced in the catalogue n° 18..
Bibliography: Robert Ganzo, "Hajdu", Paris éditions Georges Fall, Musée de Poche collection, 1957, reproduit couleurs page 25.
- Stuart Preston, "Painting and sculpture from Rococo to 1958", the New York Times of May 4, 1958, reproduced. I
- Ionel Jianou, “Etienne Hajdu”, Paris, Arted 1972, n°91.
Etienne HAJDU (1907-1996)
French sculptor of Hungarian origin. Studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, arrived in Paris in 1927 and became a pupil of A. Bourdelle. Bourdelle, then at the Grande Chaumière, School of Decorative Arts, he discovered the works of F. Léger. Naturalised, he did his military service in 1931 and 1932. His discovery of archaic sculpture and the Cyclades during his travels in Greece and Crete marked a decisive turning point in his work and his particular style. Around 1950, he joined the second "Ecole de Paris".
He worked with a variety of materials, including wood, marble, onyx, bronze, lead and aluminium.
Not forgetting his collaboration between 1966 and 1976 with the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres to decorate plates, dishes and vases.
He was awarded the "Grand Prix de la Sculpture" in 1969.
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