19th and 20th Century Sculpture: Including Works by Rodin’s Teacher, Carrier-Belleuse
19th and 20th Century Sculpture: Including Works by Rodin’s Teacher, Carrier-Belleuse
Property from a Distinguished English Private Collection
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Bust of Marguerite Bellanger (1838-1886)
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July 13, 10:02 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished English Private Collection
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
French
1824 - 1887
Bust of Marguerite Bellanger (1838-1886)
terracotta, on an ebonised wood socle
79cm., 31⅛in. overall
Christie’s, London, 29 September 1988, lot 270;
with Daniel Katz, London;
distinguished English private collection
Marguerite Bellanger was an actress who became mistress to the Emperor Napoleon III. She served as the subject for several of Carrier's fantasy busts, including for the sculptor's Four Seasons. Compare with the Buste de fantasie, Marguerite Bellanger, in the musée national du palais de Compiègne, which was featured on the cover of the catalogue for the major Carrier-Belleuse retrospective held at Compiègne in 2017, Carrier-Belleuse Le maître de Rodin.
RELATED LITERATURE
J. Hargrove, The Life and work of Albert Carrier Belleuse, New York, 1977; J. Hargrove and G. Grandjean, Carrier-Belleuse. Le maïtre de Rodin, exh. cat. Palais de Compiègne, Paris, 2014, no. 33