Document
Identification
Title
Greek Dance
Catalogue description
Coloured relief of two angular dancing figures in blue, red and black. Reproduced in Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs (Bastas Editions, 1999) as Danse grecque (Ελληνικός χορός), dated 1965. The book’s French and Greek technical note describes its sculptures and bas-reliefs as unique works in welded brass.
Archive identifier
CAA-S-0258
Alternate titles
Danse | Danse grecque | Ελληνικός χορός
Date
1965
Work category
Sculptures
Production type
Original
Edition
Unique work (1999 catalogue)
Physical description
Medium
Welded brass
Support
Wooden panel
Dimensions
121 × 86.5 cm
Signature
Signed
Inscriptions and markings
Signed, dated and titled on the back.
History and documentation
Provenance
Estate of the artist, Athens. — Arts moderne & contemporain - Photographie - Design - FauveParis(2023-10-21, Lot: 72).
Publication references
Michèle Dubreucq (1975). Andréou: 40 Ans de Sculpture. Chennevières S/Marne: Éditions Jauffray, p. 86. — Bastas editions. (1999) Andreou, Sculpture: Bas-reliefs in color. Athens: Bastas. p. 134. (ISBN: 9607418395). — Andreou, sculpture. (2004) Thessaloniki: Teloglion Foundation. ISBN: 960-87805-1-9.
| Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs. Athens: Bastas Editions, 1999. ISBN 960-7418-39-5. Illustration and caption, illustrated; page number not established from the supplied photograph. Caption title: Danse grecque / Ελληνικός χορός. Caption date: 1965. Dimensions: 121 × 86.5 cm. Material and unique-work statement: unnumbered technical note, French and Greek texts.
| Hellenic Diaspora Foundation, online collection catalogue, Danse, record 7104. Institution-reported collection; object photograph compared with the Archive record. Checked 8 September 2026: https://www.hellenicdiaspora.org/home/portfolio-item/constantin-andreou-7104/
| Michèle Dubreucq, Andréou: 40 ans de sculpture. Chennevières-sur-Marne: Éditions Jauffray, 1975. Printed p. 86 reproduces the work with the caption Bas-relief, 1965, Cat. 234. The corresponding catalogue entry on printed p. 203, under 1965, reads “DANSE - Bas-relief en couleur - 121 x 86,5 - Col. de l’artiste”. The catalogue entry identifies the title as Danse and describes the work as a Bas-relief en couleur. The artist-collection credit is historical. The illustrations identify the composition; they do not establish present ownership or edition.
| Sapfo A. Mortaki, Η καλλιτεχνική μετανάστευση στην Ελλάδα: από τον 19ο στον 20ό αιώνα (1870–1970): η περίπτωση του Κωνσταντίνου Ανδρέου. Doctoral thesis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2010. Appendix, p. 79, photographic sculpture catalogue, no. 76. Caption title: “Ελληνικός Χορός, Danse grecque”. The caption dates the illustrated work to 1965. Dimensions as printed: 121x86,5. https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=468
Rights and collection
Present collection
Hellenic Diaspora Foundation
Attachments
CAA-S-0258_bastas1999_01
