About the Artwork
Athlete au repos
late 19th/middle 20th century
Charles Despiau (Artist) French, 1874-1946 C. Valsuani (Foundry) Paris
Bronze, black patina
Overall: 13 1/4 × 8 7/8 × 10 1/4 inches, 15.4 pounds (33.6 × 22.5 × 26 cm, 7 kg)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.202
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed on left side of block: C. Despiau
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Stamped on back of base, at right: CIRE/C VALSUANI/PERDU; marking on back of base, at left: 7/7 (See card, Registrar's office for replication of 7/7).
Provenance
Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1970, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Deshairs, L., C. Despiau, Paris: G. Cres, 1930, p 87 pl. 55 (ill).
The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1970, pp. 13, 21, 29, 55 (ill.).
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Charles Despiau; C. Valsuani, Athlete au repos, late 19th/middle 20th century, Bronze, black patina. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.202.
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