19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
Property from a Distinguished Spanish Private Collection
CHARLES RAPHAEL PEYRE | FROLICKING PUTTI
Auction Closed
July 10, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Spanish Private Collection
CHARLES RAPHAEL PEYRE
French
1872-1949
FROLICKING PUTTI
signed: R.ch. Peyre.
white marble, on an ormolu base, with a modern green marble pedestal
group: 71 by 61cm., 28 by 24in. overall
pedestal: 90 by 70 by 40cm., 35½ by 27½ by 15¾in.
Peyre was trained by Alexandre Falguière and Antoine Mercié, two leading sculptors of the 19th century. He exhibited regularly at the Salon, of which he was a member from 1900 and won numerous awards.
RELATED LITERATURE
J. Mackay, The Dictionary of sculptors in bronze, Suffolk, 1977, p. 269