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Aimé-Jules Dalou
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Aimé-Jules Dalou
- La Brodeuse (the Embroiderer)
- signed: DALOU, numbered: H.C.2 and stamped: CIRE PERDUE C. VALSUANI
- bronze
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 13 December 1984, lot 224
Condition
Overall the condition of the bronze is very good. There is some wear and dirt to the surface consistent with age including some dryness to the patina in the crevices. THere is some minor wear to the patina at the hair above the forehead, nos and drapery near the proper left shin.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The present bronze is taken from a sketch model for Dalou's Brodeuse which he exhibited as a life-size plaster at the Salon of 1870. Hunisak considered that the Brodeuse was seminal in Dalou's oeuvre for raising a genre subject to monumental sculpture. The composition is full of beautifully observed informal detail. As Hunisak noted, perhaps the most charming motif 'is the sense of tension created by her hands, which implies the presence of a non-existent thread.' A plaster version of this sketch is in the Petit Palais, Paris (Bilbey and Trusted, op. cit. p. 241).
RELATED LITERATURE
J. H. Hunisak, The Sculptor Jules Dalou. Studies in his Style and Imagery, New York, 1977, pp. 53-68; P. Fusco and H. W. Janson, The Romantics to Rodin. French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections, exhib. cat. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, 1980, pp. 187-8, no. 68 (referred to); D. Bilbey and M. Trusted, British Sculpture 1470 to 2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002, p. 241, no. 364
RELATED LITERATURE
J. H. Hunisak, The Sculptor Jules Dalou. Studies in his Style and Imagery, New York, 1977, pp. 53-68; P. Fusco and H. W. Janson, The Romantics to Rodin. French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections, exhib. cat. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, 1980, pp. 187-8, no. 68 (referred to); D. Bilbey and M. Trusted, British Sculpture 1470 to 2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002, p. 241, no. 364