Baltasar LOBO CASUERO [Spanish] (1910-1993) Torso with drapery, 1972 Bronze proof with brown patina. Signed and numbered "5/8" on the back. Foundry mark "Susse Fondeur Paris" on the back. Black marble base. 35 x 22 x 13 cm Provenance : Gaston Diehl Collection. By descent. Exhibitions : - Lobo, Musée Toulouse Lautrec, Albi, 1978, a similar example exhibited. - Baltasar Lobo, Galerie Appel und Fertsch, Frankfurt, 1980, a similar example on display. - Lobo, Caisse d'épargne provinciale de Zamora, 1984, a similar example on display. - Baltasar Lobo, Galerie Kutter, Luxembourg, 1988, a similar piece exhibited. - Baltasar Lobo, Galerie Freites, Caracas, 1993, a similar piece exhibited. Bibliography: - Joseph-Emile Muller, Lobo Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, Lausanne, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1985, no. 369, a similar example reproduced. - Baltasar Lobo, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Volume II, Madrid, Éditions Turner, 2021, no. 7205, a similar example reproduced on p. 335.