Lot #5 - Leon Mouradoff, 1893-1980 (Georgia/France)
Leon Mouradoff, 1893-1980 (Georgia/France)
Estimate: 3 000 - 5 000 £
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Lot Description
Leon Yakovlevich Muradov (1893 - after 1952)
Susanna, c.1925-35
Bronze with acid patina, on a wooden base
Overall height 40.6 cm (16 inches)
Edition of 12. Cast No. 2
The base bears the foundry stamp: SUSSE FRÈRES PARIS CIRE PERDUE
Casting technique: cire perdue (lost-wax casting).
Susse Frères is one of the oldest and most prestigious art foundries in France. Founded in the eighteenth century, it was particularly active throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and collaborated with some of the leading sculptors of the twentieth century, including Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, and Aristide Maillol.
MURADOV, Leon Yakovlevich
L. Muradov
1893, Tiflis, now Tbilisi – after 1952
Sculptor
Leon Yakovlevich Muradov studied sculpture in Tiflis at the art courses conducted by Oskar Schmerling. In 1920, he left for Constantinople, where he lived for approximately three years. At one of the exhibitions organized by the Union of Russian Artists, he exhibited a large bas-relief entitled The Three Graces.
In 1923, Muradov moved to France. He studied under Antoine Bourdelle and Charles Despiau and continued his training in the studio of Professor Ténissen. In 1929, he exhibited the bronze group The Right of the Stronger at the Galerie Georges Petit.
Muradov created symbolic sculptures and sculptural groups, including Dream by the Spring, Faun, Susanna, and Leda. He also produced sculptural portraits of prominent members of Parisian high society and cultural figures, among them the Russian ballerina E. N. Melnikova, and frequently worked with the nude figure.
He created the monument marking the grave of Andranik, or Andranik T. Ozanian, a leader of the Armenian national liberation movement, at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Muradov participated in exhibitions of Russian artists organized by the Union of Soviet Patriots in 1945 and 1946.
In 1949, he moved to Egypt, where he created a bust of King Fuad II. In March 1952, he held an exhibition at the Palace of the Society of Friends of Art in Cairo. In December 1952, he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he continued to work as a sculptor and graphic artist.
His work is represented in the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.
30% up to £100,000.00
28% up to £200,000.00
25% above £200,000.00
Susanna, c.1925-35
Bronze with acid patina, on a wooden base
Overall height 40.6 cm (16 inches)
Edition of 12. Cast No. 2
The base bears the foundry stamp: SUSSE FRÈRES PARIS CIRE PERDUE
Casting technique: cire perdue (lost-wax casting).
Susse Frères is one of the oldest and most prestigious art foundries in France. Founded in the eighteenth century, it was particularly active throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and collaborated with some of the leading sculptors of the twentieth century, including Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, and Aristide Maillol.
MURADOV, Leon Yakovlevich
L. Muradov
1893, Tiflis, now Tbilisi – after 1952
Sculptor
Leon Yakovlevich Muradov studied sculpture in Tiflis at the art courses conducted by Oskar Schmerling. In 1920, he left for Constantinople, where he lived for approximately three years. At one of the exhibitions organized by the Union of Russian Artists, he exhibited a large bas-relief entitled The Three Graces.
In 1923, Muradov moved to France. He studied under Antoine Bourdelle and Charles Despiau and continued his training in the studio of Professor Ténissen. In 1929, he exhibited the bronze group The Right of the Stronger at the Galerie Georges Petit.
Muradov created symbolic sculptures and sculptural groups, including Dream by the Spring, Faun, Susanna, and Leda. He also produced sculptural portraits of prominent members of Parisian high society and cultural figures, among them the Russian ballerina E. N. Melnikova, and frequently worked with the nude figure.
He created the monument marking the grave of Andranik, or Andranik T. Ozanian, a leader of the Armenian national liberation movement, at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Muradov participated in exhibitions of Russian artists organized by the Union of Soviet Patriots in 1945 and 1946.
In 1949, he moved to Egypt, where he created a bust of King Fuad II. In March 1952, he held an exhibition at the Palace of the Society of Friends of Art in Cairo. In December 1952, he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he continued to work as a sculptor and graphic artist.
His work is represented in the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.
Conditions
30% up to £100,000.00
28% up to £200,000.00
25% above £200,000.00
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