Lot 76
  • 76

Les Masques, a monumental bronze sculptural vase modelled by Joseph-Gustave Chérèt, cast by E. Soleau, Paris 1895

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Description

  • Inscribed 'Joseph Chérèt' and 'E. Soleau Ft., 127 R. Turenne Paris'
  • height 58 cm
finely cast and chiselled with groups of nymphs and putti pulling garlands with grotesque masks, with two whiplash handles, brown-green patina

Literature

Cf. The Paris Salons, Vol. V, p. 178 for a contemporary reproduction of an identical vase, published 1895