19th and 20th Century Sculpture

JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME | DANSEUSE À LA POMME (ANCIENT DANCER)

Auction Closed

December 11, 11:50 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME

French

1824 - 1904

DANSEUSE À LA POMME (ANCIENT DANCER)

signed: J.L. GÉROME, numbered: G103 and stamped: SIOT.DECAUVILLE. FONDEUR PARIS

bronze, gilt and blue-green patina

51cm., 20⅛in.

Gérôme's Danseuse à la pomme was exhibited at the Salon of 1893. The dress was carved from green-tinted marble, the flesh from ivory and the jewelry applied in bronze decorated with pastes and semi-precious gems. The original colour of the dress is retained in this fine bronze cast.

RELATED LITERATURE

G. M. Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paris, 1986, p. 316, no. S. 20