Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
The Wrestler, 1913
Ink
15.5 x 10 inches
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Provenance
The Artist's Estate; Jim Ede, Kettle's Yard; Colnaghi, London
Note: Gaudier wrote: ‘Last night I went to see the wrestlers—God! I have seldom seen anything so lovely–two athletic types, large shoulders, taut, big necks like bulls, small in the build with firm thighs and slenderankles, feet sensitive as hands, and not tall... I stayed and drew for two hours.’
Exhibitions
Colnaghi, London, 1966