Glicenstein, Enrico (Henryk) (Polish/American, 1870-1942), Bust of a Girl (aka Santa, Saint or Pensierosa), 1902, bronze sculpture, unsigned, 17 x 17 x 9 inches. Catalogue Raisonne number 21. A copy of the catalogue raisonne is included with purchase. Exhibited numerous times in Europe from 1903-1926 (Munich, Krakow, Venice, Warsaw, etc) and also Anderson Galleries, New York, 1928 and Art Institute of Chicago, 1930. Provenance: The Estate of Hugo Dreyfuss, the son-in-law of the artist (married to Beatrice Glicenstein). Born in Switzerland in 1910, Dreyfuss started a textile business with his brother before moving to America in 1940. In the 1950s, he partnered with furniture designer Vladimir Kagan and designed and hand printed many fabrics for furniture and interior decorating. Hugo, Beatrice and her brother Emanuel Glicenstein (who was also an artist) were the keepers and cataloguers of Glicenstein’s body of work. Hugo worked on and pursued the biography/catalogue raisonne project that would become the book Life and Work of Enrico Glicenstein, by Charlotte Sholod. The book was finally published in 2014, seven years after Hugo’s death. Glicenstein’s work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Musee d’Art Moderne, Israel Museum, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, among others. Estimate $800 – 1,200. Concept Art Gallery. 09/21/24. Sold $12,000
Kilka rzeźb znakomitego ale mało w Polsce spopularyzowanego rzeźbiarza o polsko-żydowskich korzeniach Henryka Glicensteina. Rzeźb Glicensteina jest bardzo mało na rynku i może dlatego jest tak mało popularny, choć wśród koneserów jest niezwykle poważany. Artysta ten nie zlecał odlewania prac w ilościach komercyjnych (‘na wyrost’) ale raczej na specjalne zamówienie. Dlatego pojawiają się czasami egzemplarze tej samej rzeźby w brązie wykonane w różnym czasie. Prace z aukcji pochodziły z rodzinnej kolekcji i natąpił widać czas by przeszły w inne ręce. Wyjątkowa to była okazja rynkowa i spodziewam się w przyszłości więcej z tego samego źródła. Pracownicy domu aukcyjnego byli bardzo zaskoczeni przebiegeiem aukcji (śledziłem) bo przecież dwa lata temu inny znakomity brąz tego artysty sprzedano za zaledwie $1,100. Tym razem walczono bardzo zawzięcie, nie tylko o to wspaniałe secesyjne popiersie zamyślowej dziewczyny ale również o prace w drzewie.
Lot 186. Glicenstein, Enrico (Henryk) (Polish/American, 1870-1942), Beatrice as Diana, 1925-1926, cherry wood bas-relief, unsigned, 15.5 x 11.75 x 2.75 inches. A moving image of the artist’s daughter as the hunter Diana, made before he moved to America. Catalogue Raisonne number 98. A copy of the catalogue raisonne is included with purchase. Exhibited: Anderson Galleries, New York, 1928 (see NY Times review). Provenance: The Estate of Hugo Dreyfuss, the son-in-law of the artist (married to Beatrice Glicenstein). Estimate $400 – 600. Sold $7,500
Lot 189. Glicenstein, Enrico (Henryk) (Polish/American, 1870-1942), Water Carrier (Acquaiola), 1924, fruitwood relief sculpture, unsigned, 42 x 9.5 x 2.5 inches. Catalogue Raisonne number 83. A copy of the catalogue raisonne is included with purchase. Exhibited Venice Biennale, 1926 (with label remnant affixed to back side); Palazzo Venezia, Roma, 1925 and Anderson Galleries, New York, 1928. Provenance: The Estate of Hugo Dreyfuss, the son-in-law of the artist (married to Beatrice Glicenstein). Estimate $600 – 1,000. Sold $12,000
Glicenstein, Enrico (Henryk) (Polish/American, 1870-1942), Cat Man (aka Cat, or Lion), 1961, cast bronze sculpture, made posthumously by Roman Bronze Works, New York, artist’s name to back of the head, stamped No. 1 at lower edge, 20 x 6 x 4.5 inches. Catalogue Raisonne number 201. Sold $9,000
