Lot 154
  • 154

Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne "Egyptienne" and "Négresse", a pair of life-size cast iron figural torcherès after the models by Mathurin Moreau circa 1900

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne
  • iron
  • height 6 ft 4 in.
  • 193 cm
each base inscribed VAL D'OSNE.

Literature

See Rheims, M., L'Univers des Bronzes, Paris, 1978, p. 34 for an engraving from the Val d'Osne ateliers showing an identical pair of  torchères.

Condition

Overall in good condition and presentation; scratches in places to surface mostly around circular base; the glass shades are not original; wear to patina of high releif details gowns.
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