19th & 20th Century European Sculpture

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Lot 47
  • 47

Théodore Rivière French, 1857-1912

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Description

  • Théodore Rivière
  • A bust of Salammbô
  • signed: THEODORE-RIVIERE and inscribed: Susse Fres Ed.ts Paris.
  • ivory and gilt bronze, with paste gems, on mottled green marble base

Catalogue Note

Rivière's Salammbô chez Matho, was one of the great successes of the 1895 Salon. The model was extremely popular and was produced as a group and as a bust in bronze and in jewelled bronze and ivory versions such as the present model.

RELATED LITERATURE
Musée d'Orsay, p. 230-1 RF2521; Cadet, p.45; Cooper, p.52, fig.49