Chana Orloff Mon fils

Mon fils
cast stone and cement, conceived in 1923 during the artist's lifetime in an edition of four
123½ cm (48 in.)

Provenance: Anonymous sale: Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 7, 2001, lot 106.
Private collection, acquired at the above sale.
Sale: Sotheby's, London, February 6, 2007, lot 367.
Private collection, acquired at the above sale.

Literature: L. Werth, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1927, pl. 4 (another cast illustrated). E.des Courriטres, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1927, p.33 (another cast illustrated). G.Talpir, Chana Orloff, Tel Aviv, 1950, p.11 (another cast illustrated).
F.Marcilhac, Catalogue de l'oeuvre sculpte de Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, no.68, p.216 (another cast illustrated p.58; the bronze version illustrated p.216).

Ariane Tamir has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.