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Lot 94
  • 94

Christophe Fratin French, 1800-1864

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Description

  • Christophe Fratin
  • Ours et Singe Pédicure (A Bear in the bath having its toenails cut by a monkey)
  • signed: FRATIN

  • bronze, dark brown patina

Catalogue Note

Fratin's series of grooming bears satirises human behaviour. In this particular group the bear, squeezed into the bath tub, is having a pedicure performed by a monkey.

RELATED LITERATURE
Poletti & Richarme, Fratin, p.44, no. 51; The Victor Franses Gallery, p. 14, no. 6