19th and 20th Century Sculpture

19th and 20th Century Sculpture

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HIPPOLYTE-FRANÇOIS MOREAU | LE RÊVE (DAYDREAM)

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

December 11, 11:50 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

HIPPOLYTE-FRANÇOIS MOREAU

French

1832-1927

LE RÊVE (DAYDREAM)


signed: Hip. Moreau and inscribed: Se Faise / de Sculpture d'Art / 18

white marble

79cm., 31⅛in.

Hippolyte Moreau was the second son of Jean-Baptiste Moreau, sculptor and painter from Dijon and patriarch of the Moreau dynasty of sculptors. Hippolyte moved to Paris and debuted at the Salon in 1859. The model for the present lot was conceived in marble in 1887.


RELATED LITERATURE

P. Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, Atglen, 1994, p. 508-509