Colón descubridor de si mismo
Francisco Barón (Madrid 1932 - 2006)
Lot-No. 557
Proceeds : 1.300 €
Bronze, green patinated, on wooden base. From the series of Columbus heads. Multi-part, detachable head with three faces, the main one with inlaid marble eyes, in the innermost one a stele with 4 faces. Base inscribed 'COLÓN DESCUBRIDOR DE SI MISMO', sign. Barón, num. copy '78/1492' (the numbering probably refers to the discovery of America). Head: h. 28 cm, base: h. 9 cm. - Provenance: Formerly collection Fritz van Ankum/Imme Reich-van Ankum, owner of Galería Arabal, Alicante. - Spanish sculptor, studied from 1949-1954 at the Art Academy San Fernando in Madrid, fellow in London, Yale and Rhode Island, since 1960 numerous exh. and honors, from the 70s we know especially the multiple mobile and variable sculptures of metal and wood. Lit.: Saur AKL 7, p. 123f; Maria Teresa Ortega Coca: Francisco Baron, 1989.
Francisco Barón: Colón descubridor de si mismo
Francisco Barón (Madrid 1932 - 2006)
Colón descubridor de si mismo
Lot-No. 557
Proceeds : 1.300 €
Bronze, green patinated, on wooden base. From the series of Columbus heads. Multi-part, detachable head with three faces, the main one with inlaid marble eyes, in the innermost one a stele with 4 faces. Base inscribed 'COLÓN DESCUBRIDOR DE SI MISMO', sign. Barón, num. copy '78/1492' (the numbering probably refers to the discovery of America). Head: h. 28 cm, base: h. 9 cm. - Provenance: Formerly collection Fritz van Ankum/Imme Reich-van Ankum, owner of Galería Arabal, Alicante. - Spanish sculptor, studied from 1949-1954 at the Art Academy San Fernando in Madrid, fellow in London, Yale and Rhode Island, since 1960 numerous exh. and honors, from the 70s we know especially the multiple mobile and variable sculptures of metal and wood. Lit.: Saur AKL 7, p. 123f; Maria Teresa Ortega Coca: Francisco Baron, 1989.
