ROBERT COUTURIER (1905-2008) PARMENTIER SERIES, 1981-1983 Resin Signed and numbered 1/8 Edition R. Haligon, Paris Resin; signed and numbered 1/8 Height 17 cm - 6 3/4 in. PROVENANCE Gallery Dina Vierny, Paris Acquired from the latter by the family of the present owner EXHIBITIONS Paris, Galerie Dina Vierny, Robert Couturier, May-June 1984, reproduced in the exhibition catalog (n.p.) (plaster model) Tokyo, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Robert Couturier, 1988, reproduced in the exhibition catalog (n.p.) (plaster model) BIBLIOGRAPHY Valérie Da Costa, Catalogue Raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté de Robert Couturier, thesis under the direction of Serge Lemoine, 1998, described and reproduced under n°327 (plaster model)

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