Léon INDENBAUM

Torso of a young girl, 1920

Sculpture in chamotte clay of a naked girl’s torso with wavy hair.

Original base in fir wood.

Signed in hollow of the monogram L.I. and dated 1920

Height : 87 cm

Height with base : 117 cm

Provenance :

– Probably former Georges Bénard collection

– Private collection

Bibliography :

Adolphe Basler, ” Jewish Artists, Indenbaum “. Edition ” Le Triangle “, Paris, 6th, model reproduced

under n°1.

La Renaissance, March 1932, article by Waldemar George ” Formes et lumière. Variations on Léon

Indenbaum”, model reproduced p. 64.

Background:

The version of the model in stone, Torso of a Young Girl was exhibited at the 13th Salon d’Automne,

at the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées in 1920, referenced in the exhibition catalog under no.1132.