Paul Landowski (1875-1961) Aviation or Human... - Lot 95 - Crait + Müller

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Paul Landowski (1875-1961) Aviation or Human... - Lot 95 - Crait + Müller
Paul Landowski (1875-1961) Aviation or Human Aspiration or Monument to Wilbur Wright Bronze with brown patina Signed " Landowski ". Bears the founder's mark " F. BARBEDIENNE / FONDEURS PARIS ". H. 80 cm This bronze is based on the sketch of the monument to Wilbur Wright created by Paul Lan- dowski and commissioned in 1912 by the American Louis de Beaumont for the city of Le Mans to celebrate the aviator's early exploits. The inauguration of the monument in 1920 revealed the presence of a bas-relief featuring Icarus on the base as well as the names of the first martyred aviators. Related work - Paul Landowski, Monument to Wilbur Wright, 1918, stone, Le Mans, place des Jacobins ; - Paul Landowski, Monument to Wilbur Wright, stone, H. 265 x W. 105 x D. 100 cm, Boulogne-Billancourt, Landowski Museum, inv. 82.1.47. Related literature - Michèle Lefrançois, Paul Landowski : l'œuvre sculpté, Grâne, Créaphis, 2009, model listed under n° 19.12, p.160, pp. 155-162 ; - Florence Rionnet, Les bronzes Barbedienne. Une dynastie de fondeurs 1834-1954, Paris, Arthena, 2016, model listed under Cat. 1000, p. 359.
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