PAUL FRANÇOIS BERTHOUD | Jardinière with the face of Sarah Bernhardt

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12,000 - 18,000 GBP

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15,000 GBP

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Description

Paul François Berthoud
Jardinière with the face of Sarah Bernhardt
signed: BerThoud, inscribed: i.H.F. Fondeur.Paris and numbered: 1109
bronze, brown, red and green patina

Catalogue Note

Berthoud produced a series of busts of the actress Sarah Bernhardt, the formidable actress and darling of the European Art Nouveau movement, in several guises. The present jardinière with Bernhardt's features is a particularly original composition.