Property from a Private Collection

ANDRÉ DERAIN (FRENCH 1880-1954)
Cheval
inscribed ATELIER ANDRE DERAIN and numbered 8/11 (underneath the belly)
bronze with dark brown patina
18.6 x 7 x 26 cm, excluding wooden base
Executed in an edition of 17 of which 11 are numbered and 6 are un-numbered

PROVENANCE:
Adams Gallery, London
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1961

LITERATURE:
P.Coray, André Derain Sculpteur, Milan, 1994, no.142, another version illustrated, p. 122

The Comité André Derain has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

From 1938 André Derain's sculptures were figurative works, reliefs and masks that were made in terracotta and cast in bronze after his death in limited editions, supervised by Madame Derain and Pierre Cailler.