- 87
François-Léon Sicard French, 1862-1934
bidding is closed
Description
- François-Léon Sicard
- oedipus and the sphinx
- signed: F Sicard and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur
Catalogue Note
Sicard exhibited a cast of Oedipus and the Sphinx in plain bronze at the Salon of 1903. It was subsequently acquired by the state and is now in the Musée d'Orsay. The work was also edited in biscuit by Sèvres. Sicard studied under Barrias and Félix Laurent. He won the Prix de Rome in 1891 and a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.
RELATED LITERATURE
Musée d'Orsay, p.250