Julio González 1876-1942
29 x 22 x 17.5 cm
The Hair consists of a semi-circular shaped metallic rod, elevated by a short straight rod placed on a stone plinth. Protruding from the curved semi-circle sits six short, slightly curved rods which fan out from all sides, representing the figures wild and untamed hair. This piece is emblematic of González’s work from the 1930s where he introduced a ‘linear structure’, with the use of metallic rods of different sizes to evoke the outline of forms and figures. This abstracted and elegant representation of a human head with unruly hair exemplifies the sophistication and inventiveness of Julio González's metallic structures.
Provenance
Private collection, USA.
Theo Gallery, Madrid.
Dickinson Roundell Inc, 2002.
Private collection, UK.
Exhibitions
Paris, London, Montpellier, Julio González 1876-1942, Les Matériaux de Son Expression I, 1970-1971.
Centre International des Arts, Teheran, 1er Salon International des Arts, 1974-1975.
Tokyo, Osaka, Petits Bronzes Français - Exposition de Sculptures des Maîtres Français et de l’École de Paris, 1976.
Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Julio González 1876-1942, Plastik und Zeichnungen, 1977.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Julio González 1876-1942, 1977.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Julio González: A Retrospective, 1983.
Frankfurt, Berlin, Julio González 1876-1942 Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Kunstgewerbe, 1983.
Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Zaragoza, Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja, Julio González (Las Colecciones del IVAM): Pinturas, Esculturas, Dibujos, 1987.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Picasso and the Age of Iron, 1993.
Musée des Beaux-Arts et Archéologie, Besançon, Julio González 1876-1942. Orfèvrerie, Sculptures, Oeuvres Graphiques, 1999.
Sala Chicarreros, Caja San Fernando, Seville, Julio González. Esculturas y Dibujos en la Colección del IVAM, 2000.
Heilbronn, Bad Homburg & Recklinghausen, Julio González - Plastik und Zeichnung / Sculpture and Drawing, 2001.
Galerie Talstrasse, Zurich, Julio González: A Retrospective Exhibition, March - April 2002.
Dickinson Roundell, New York, May - June 2002.
Literature
J. Merkert, Julio González Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures (Milan: Electa, 1987), no.167.
T. Lorens, Julio González. Las Colecciones del IVAM (Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana, Consellería de Cultura, Educación y Ciencia, 1989), no.E.15.
Anon, Julio Gonzalez, (New York: Dickinson Roundell Inc, 2002), pp 70, 71, and 164. This cast illust. p 71.