European Art: Paintings & Sculpture
European Art: Paintings & Sculpture
AIMÉ-JULES DALOU | ÉTUDE DE FEMME POUR LA RÉPUBLIQUE OU LA LIBERTÉ (SKETCH OF A WOMAN FOR THE REPUBLIC OR FREEDOM)
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June 18, 01:58 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AIMÉ-JULES DALOU
French
1838 - 1902
ÉTUDE DE FEMME POUR LA RÉPUBLIQUE OU LA LIBERTÉ (SKETCH OF A WOMAN FOR THE REPUBLIC OR FREEDOM)
signed: DALOU, stamped: CIRE / PERDUE / A.A. HERBRARD and inscribed: M.
bronze, dark brown patina
51cm., 20⅛in.
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The present model is a study for the allegorical figure of Liberty on the Monument to Charles Floquet (1868-1899) at the Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Simier, Jules Dalou, Le sculpteur de la République: Catalogue des sculptures de Jules Dalou conserves au Petit Palais, exh. cat. Petit Palais - Musées des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 2013, p. 141, no. 89