Margaret COSSACEANU-LAVRILLIER (1893-1980) - Lot 163

Margaret COSSACEANU-LAVRILLIER (1893-1980) Portrait of Alberto Giacometti Model created in 1954; posthumous casting Bronze with brown patina Signed "M. COSACEANU". Bears the founder's mark and circular stamp "Susse F.P" Numbered "E.A II/IV". H: 22 cm, on a Burgundy marble base H: 10 cm Provenance : Sale of the artist's studio: "Margaret Cossaceanu Lavrillier (1893-1980), sculptures : une collection de famille", Crait+Müller, 25/05/2018, Paris, lot 119 Margaret Cossaceanu-Lavrillier painted a first portrait of Alberto Giacometti in 1925, when they both attended Bourdelle's studio at La Grande Chaumière, followed by a second in 1954. Margaret COSSACEANU-LAVRILLIER (1893-1980) From 1917 to 1920, Margaret Cossaceanu-Lavrillier began her artistic training at the Bucharest School of Fine Arts. Thanks to a travel grant, she continued her studies in Rome, where she met the medallist André Lavrillier, then a resident at the Villa Médicis. Moving to Paris in 1924, she studied with Antoine Bourdelle at the Grande Chaumière and worked in the master's studio until his death. She also frequented Constantin Brancusi's studio. She regularly exhibited figurative work at the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon de l'Union des femmes peintres et sculpteurs. After the Second World War, Margaret Cossaceanu-Lavrillier was commissioned to create several sculptures as part of the 1% artistic program, including L'Etudiante for a girls' college in Vire (now the Lycée Marie Curie). Bibliography -Anne Rivière, Dictionnaire des sculptrices en France, Paris, Mare & Martin, 2017, pP: 311-312 ; -Claire Boisseroles, Stéphane Ferrand, Transmission/Transgression. Maitres et élèves dans l'atelier: Rodin, Bourdelle, Giacometti, Richier, cat. exp., Paris, musée Bourdelle, October 3, 2018-February 3, 2019, Paris, Paris Musées, 2018, P: 51, pp: 153-154.