Tym razem nie będę gdybał i wymądrzał się na temat rzadkości odlewu tej rzeźby Bolesława Biegasa bo wszystko jest w opisie. W innym przypadku zostałbym znowu przywołany do porządku przez pewną warszawską galerię. Wycena jest rzeczą umowna lecz rzadkośc tej rzeźby wykonanej wkrócej za życia artysty, na początku XX wieku, to fakt.

Lot 1. BOLESLAS BIEGAS (1877-1954) (BOLESLAW BIEGALSKI, KNOWN AS). The Ride (Galopujača), the model conceived in [1904], our print made before 1908, most likely the only ante-mortem print, and shown at the Galerie des Artistes Modernes, Paris, 1908 Symbolist high relief. Black patina bronze print. Signed, located and dated B. B. BIEGAS – Paris R* 1904 at the bottom on the right side (*for Rok, year in Polish). Height : 54 cm – Length : 67 cm Provenance : – Personal collection of the artist. – Polish Historical and Literary Society (by payment from the artist). – Gallery Jan Krugier, Geneva. Work acquired in the early 1970s from the previous one. – Succession X., Paris. Work acquired in the mid-1970s from the previous one. Important : A notice of inclusion in the catalog raisonné of the Biegas Committee with the support of the Polish Historical and Literary Society (SHLP), signed by Mr. Xavier Deryng and Mrs. Anna Czarnocka, will be given to the purchaser.

Exhibitions : – Galerie des Artistes Modernes, Paris, 1908 – Our work (or an identical model) presented during this event and bearing the n° 23 of the catalog. – L’Atelier Boleslas Biegas (3, rue Jean-Ferrandi), Paris, 1949 – Our work presented during this event and bearing the n° 43 of the catalog. – Galerie Krugier, Geneva, 1975 – Our work presented during this demonstration and bearing the n° 37 and reproduced page 18 of the catalog. Public collections : Muzeum Mazowieckie, Plock (Poland) – A plaster print of our sculpture model kept in the collections of this institution. Bibliography : Xavier Deryng – Bolesław Biegas – Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczno-Literackie Biblioteka Polska w Paryżu, Paris, 2011. A plaster print of our sculpture model reproduced on page 275.

Estimate 20,000 – 30,000 euro. 12/09/22. Sold 50,000 euro