1915 "Bust of the American" by LEON INDENBAUM 1890-1981
This Russian sculptor naturalized French born in Belarus, arrived in Paris in 1911 where he hosted Soutine and Modigliani in his workshop of "La Ruche".
In 1915 in his Montparnasse studio in Paris, he sculpted this bust of "the American", nickname of his friend the animal sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti.
Amedeo Modigliani and Diego Rivera each painted a portrait of Leon Indenbaum.
Léon Indenbaum sculpted the busts of Chaim Soutine, of Leonard Foujita, of Chana Orloff ...
In 1968, he received from the "Institut de France" the prestigious sculpture prize "Georges Wildenstein" for all of his work.
One of his sculptures beats the 2004 world record at Christie's for a 20th century decorative artwork at $ 4.6M.
