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.
González’s works are on public display at The MoMA, New York’ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Centre Pompidou, Paris; IVAM, Valencia; Tate, London.
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.
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