Joseph CSAKY [Hungarian] (1888-1971) L'Oiseau, dit aussi Oiseau Snob [1924] Patinated bronze proof. Signed and numbered "2/8". Foundry stamp Valsuani. Total height: 52.5 x 7.5 x 11 cm Provenance: - Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris - Private collection, Paris - Sale Paris, Tajan, Art Moderne, March 8, 2016, no. 42. Acquired at the latter Exhibition: - Trois sculpteurs des années trente, Gargallo, Csaky, Lambert-Rucki, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, June - September 1977, catalog, no. 37 - Csaky, Sculptures - Dessins, Musée d'Art Moderne, Troyes, June 26 - September 15 1986, catalog, no. 27, reproduced. Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky, Catalogue Raisonné des sculptures, Paris, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, 2007, reproduced p. 334. Conceived in 1924, this work is from an edition of 8 and is recorded in the artist's Catalogue Raisonné under number c.1924-FM.84/b.