Document
Identification
Title
Cheval sauvage
Archive identifier
CAA-S-0177
Alternate titles
Wild horse | Άγριο άλογο
Date
1955
Work category
Sculptures
Production type
Original
Physical description
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
20 × 37 × 17 cm
Signature
Signed
Inscriptions and markings
The related Hellenic Diaspora cast HD-7092 is recorded as numbered EA 3/3. This marking has not been verified on the cast photographed in this Archive record.
History and documentation
Provenance
Provenance of this cast is unconfirmed. Hellenic Diaspora records FauveParis, 30 September 2023, lot 4, for the related cast HD-7092; that auction history has not been established for the cast photographed in this Archive record.
Publication references
Ανδρέου, γλυπτική. Thessaloniki: Teloglion Foundation, 2004. ISBN 960-87805-1-9. Page 37, figure 4 illustrates the horse model under the Greek title Άγριο άλογο and the French title printed as “Cheval savage”, dated 1955, with dimensions of 37 × 17 × 20 cm. Hellenic Diaspora cites this publication for the related cast HD-7092; its association with the particular cast photographed in this Archive record remains unconfirmed.
Scan reproduced by the Hellenic Diaspora Foundation: https://www.hellenicdiaspora.org/home/portfolio-item/constantin-andreou-7092/
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. 63, photographic sculpture catalogue, no. 12. The photograph shows the same horse model. Its caption gives Cheval sauvage / Άγριο άλογο, 1955, and 37 × 17 × 20 cm, with a historical artist-collection credit. It does not specify a material or edition number.
https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=452
Mortaki, same thesis, appendix, p. 38, thematic sculpture catalogue, section ΑΛΟΓΑ, no. 135. This entry gives the same titles, date, and dimensions, with an artist-collection credit. It does not identify a numbered cast.
https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=427
These references document the model. They do not establish that the Archive’s photographed example is the Hellenic Diaspora cast numbered EA 3/3. That cast’s edition number, provenance, and collection history must not be attributed to this example without further evidence.
The source captions give dimensions of 37 × 17 × 20 cm without naming the dimensional axes. The Archive retains its existing dimensions of 20 × 37 × 17 cm; the figures are preserved in each source’s stated order.
Scan reproduced by the Hellenic Diaspora Foundation: https://www.hellenicdiaspora.org/home/portfolio-item/constantin-andreou-7092/
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. 63, photographic sculpture catalogue, no. 12. The photograph shows the same horse model. Its caption gives Cheval sauvage / Άγριο άλογο, 1955, and 37 × 17 × 20 cm, with a historical artist-collection credit. It does not specify a material or edition number.
https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=452
Mortaki, same thesis, appendix, p. 38, thematic sculpture catalogue, section ΑΛΟΓΑ, no. 135. This entry gives the same titles, date, and dimensions, with an artist-collection credit. It does not identify a numbered cast.
https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=427
These references document the model. They do not establish that the Archive’s photographed example is the Hellenic Diaspora cast numbered EA 3/3. That cast’s edition number, provenance, and collection history must not be attributed to this example without further evidence.
The source captions give dimensions of 37 × 17 × 20 cm without naming the dimensional axes. The Archive retains its existing dimensions of 20 × 37 × 17 cm; the figures are preserved in each source’s stated order.
Rights and collection
Present collection
Private collection