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.
Another version of this sculpture is held in the collection of the Pompidou, Paris.
Provenance
Private collection, USATheo Gallery, Madrid
Dickinson Roundell Inc, 2002
Private collection, UK
Exhibitions
2002: Dickinson Roundell, New York, May/June
2002: Julio Gonzalez: A Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Talstrasse, Zurich, March/April
2001: Julio González - Plastik und Zeichnung/Sculpture and Drawing, Heilbronn
2001: Julio González - Plastik und Zeichnung/Sculpture and Drawing, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg
2001: Julio González - Plastik und Zeichnung/Sculpture and Drawing, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, p. 93.
2000: Julio González. Esculturas y Dibujos en la Colección del IVAM, Sala Chicarreros, Caja San Fernando, Seville
1999: Julio González 1876- 1942. Orfevrerie-Sculptures-uvres Graphiques, Musée des Beaux-Arts et 'Archéologie, Besançon, p.47
1993: Picasso and the Age of Iron, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, no.49
1987: Julio González (Las Colecciónes del IVAM): Pinturas, Escuturas, Dibujos Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Saragossa, Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Zaragoza, Aragon y Rioja, no. E15
1983: Julio González 1876-1942 Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Kunstgewerbe, Akademieder Künste, Berlin
1983: Julio González 1876-1942 Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Kunstgewerbe, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, no.80
1983: Julio González: A Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, no.136
1977: Julio Gonzalez 1876 – 1942, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, 57 sculptures - 35 dessins, no.8
1977: Julio Gonzalez 1876-1942, Plastik und Zeichnungen, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, no.15
1976: Petits Bronzes Français - Exposition de Sculptures des Maîtres Français et de l'Ecole de Paris, Contemporary Sculpture Centre, Osaka
1976: Petits Bronzes Français - Exposition de Sculptures des Maîtres Français et de l'Ecole de Paris, Contemporary Sculpture Centre, Tokyo, no. 17
1974-1975: 1er Salon International des Arts, Centre International des Art, Teheran, no.354
1970-1971: Julio González 1876-1942, Les Matériaux de Son Expression 1, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, no.4
1970: Julio González 1876-1942, Les Matériaux de Son Expression 1, Tate, London, no.22
1969: Julio González 1876-1942, Les Matériaux de Son Expression 1, Galerie de France, Paris, no.4.
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
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