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LOT 2090
Bronze Head of a Man
20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/2 in. (18.4 kg total, 42 cm high including stand).
Hollow-formed and depicting a youthful clean-shaven male with short curly hair, with a subtle smiling expression; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
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