Lot 12
  • 12

A French Terracotta Figure of Nature in the Manner of Louis Le Comte

Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • Nature
  • terracotta
  • height 21 3/4 in.
  • 55.2 cm

Literature

C. Avery, Fingerprints of the artist: European terracotta sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler collections, Washington, D.C., 1981, no. 68, ill.

Condition

Chips, losses, and restorations throughout. Surface abrasions. Repaired breaks include: her neck, her proper left arm, some drapery, a horizontal break through thighs and knees, legs, and base. Overpaint. Seems to be stable.
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