Moses

WOODEN SCULPTURE

MOSES

HIGHT: 57 CM

COMMENTS: HANDS ARE MISSING

THIS WOODEN SCULPTURE WAS BOUGHT BY ANDRES LASZLO SR. IN SPAIN OR THE AMERICAS, WHILE HE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER HIS COLLECTION IN THE 1940S AND 1950S

MOSES HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN CANADA, U.S.A., SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE, ETC., SOMETIMES TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF SPANISH GLASS PAINTINGS (LE NAIFS ESPAGNOLS) AND/OR A COLLECTION OF GOYA ENGRAVINGS.

THIS SCULPTURE WAS EXHIBITED AS PART OF "COLLECTION ANDRES LASZLO" AT "GALLERIE JEAN FRANCOISAPESTEGUY" DEUVILLE, PARIS IN 1969 UNDER THE TITLE "1000 AND DE SCULPTURE PRIMITIVES ESPAGNOLES." SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN STORAGE.

IN THE CATALOGUE THIS PIECE HAD NUMBER 73, AND THE TEXT READ: 73: TRES RARE REPRESENTATION ICONOGRAPHIQUEDE CE PERSONAGE DE l'ANCIENT TESTAMENT XVIIIe - H. : 0.43