ELIE NADELMAN (1882–1946)
Classical Head – Serenity
About the artwork
Classical Head – Serenity is an artwork by ELIE NADELMAN, dated c. 1917. The work is executed in White marble head, on a square pink marble base. Its recorded dimensions are White marble head: Height: 39 cm (15 3/8 in) Pink marble base: 13 x 18 x 17.5 cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 6 7/8 in). View the artwork and contact Colnaghi for further information.
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Provenance
Estate of Elie Nadelman, New York;
Philip Sills, New York, since 1961 (when purchased directly from the artist’s wife, Viola Nadelman);
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby's, 2 December 1993, lot no. 134;
With Galerie Piltzer, Paris, until the Biennale des Antiquaires, 1996, when sold to:
Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, until 2021, when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
C. Nadelman, ‘A Modernist at Home: Elie Nadelman’, Over the Top, 2003, p. 85 (where described as presiding in Karl Lagerfeld’s bathroom);
J. B. Rafferty, ‘Living Lagerfeld’, Art + Auction, September 2008 (as ‘my favourite statue, Serenity, by Elie Nadelman’).
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