Auction Closed
July 10, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
EMILE JOSEPH NESTOR CARLIER
French
1849 - 1927
LA CRUCHE CASSÉE (THE BROKEN JUG)
signed: E.CARLIER
white marble, on a partially gilt wood base
70cm., 27½in.
Born in Cambrai, Carlier was a student at the fine arts academies of Cambrai and Valenciennes. He later joined the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under François Jouffroy, Jules Cavelier and Henri Chapu. He debuted at the Salon in Paris circa 1875 with his statue of the chronicler Enguerrand de Monstrelet. His most famous work, Gilliat Struggling with the Octopus, won second prize at the Musée de Valenciennes in 1897.
RELATED LITERATURE:
E. Bénézit, Dictionary of Artists, vol. 3, Oxford, 1999, p. 244
