19th & 20th Century European Sculpture

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Lot 16
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Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguiere French, 1831-1900

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Description

  • Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguiere
  • Le vainqueur au combat de coqs (the winner of the cockfight).
  • signed: A. Falguière, with the THIEBAUT FRES PARIS FUMIERE ET CIE stamp
  • bronze, mid brown patina

Catalogue Note

A bronze cast of this model was exhibited by Falguière at the Salon of 1864 and at the Exposition Universelle of 1867, right at the start of his career. The bronze was bought by the state and is now in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. 

RELATED LITERATURE
Lami, vol.2, pp.327-328