Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne
Pair of Busts of a Young Boy and a Young Girl
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February 7, 04:12 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne
Paris 1704 – 1778
Pair of Busts of a Young Boy and a Young Girl
circa 1750
terracotta, on grey marble socles
height of busts: 9 in.; 22.9 cm
height, overall: 12 ½ in.; 32 cm
A.M. Octave Homberg;
His sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 1931, lots 281 and 282;
Larcade Collection, Paris;
Their sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 25 May 1951, lot 64;
Blumka Collection, New York;
Their Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 9-10 January 1996, lot 107;
Pairs, Drouot, 17 December 2010, lot 225;
Paris, Sotheby's, 7 November 2013, lot 243;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
Paris, Salon Exhibition, 1750, no. 53.
Mercure de France, October, 1761;
L. Réau, Une dynastie de sculpteurs au XVIIIe siècle, les Lemoyne, Paris 1927, p. 153, no. 167;
B. Black, Vasse's Bambinelli. The Child portraits of an 18th century French sculptor, London 1994, pp. 49-50, fig. 24.
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