MARTHE SPITZER | BUST OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Auction Closed
July 10, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
MARTHE SPITZER
French
1877-1956
BUST OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY
signed: Marthe. Spitzer and inscribed: ALEXIS. RUDIER. / FONDEUR. PARIS.
bronze, dark brown patina, on an onyx base
57cm., 22½in. overall
After exhibiting the bronze of the bust of Debussy in bronze at the Paris Salon in 1921, the French state comissioned a version in marble. This was placed in the Opéra Comique in Paris, where it is still visible today.