(Barcelona 1876–1942 Arcueil near Paris)
Barbe et moustache, 1933–34, bronze with a dark brown patina, verso signed González, numbered 2/8, foundry stamp: Valsuani cire perdue, 20,5 x 10,5 cm (PP)

Certificate from Manuel Barbié, Barcelona

Provenance:
Estate of González, Paris
Galeria Manuel Bardié, Barcelona
acquired from gallery by current owner in 2002 -
Private Collection, Italy

Exhibitions: Paris, 1934, with ill.;
Amsterdam/Brussels, 1955, exh. cat., no. 68;
Venice, 1964, exh. cat., no. 108;
Kassel, 1964, exh. cat., no. 12;
Los Angeles, 1965, exh. cat., no. 17;
Mannheim, 1977, exh. cat., no. 19;
Charleroi, 1977, exh. cat., no.15;
Basle, 1982, exh. cat., no. 9;
Berne, Julyo González, dessiner dans l’espace, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1977, exh. cat., page 252 with ill.;
Barcelona, Julyo González, Galeria Manuel Barbié, 1999, exh. cat., page 35 with ill.;
Pamplona, Julyo González, Centro de Cultura, Castillo de Maya, 20 September – 21 October 2001, exh. cat., page 102; ill. page 103;
Pistoia, Grandi maestri, piccole sculture, da Depero a Beverly Pepper, Palazzo Sozzifanti, 6 April – 30 June 2013, exh. cat., page 52; ill. page 53 (curated by Lara Vinca Masini)

Literature:
Marie N. Predel, La Donation González au Musée National d’Art Moderne in ‘La Revue du Louvre’, Paris, 1966, pages 1–16, no. 25;
Jörn Merkert, Julyo González, Catalogue raisonné, Sculpture, Electa, Milan, 1987, page 171, no. 162 with ill.