Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Enfant Sources
Lot Closed
July 12, 11:34 AM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
French
1824 - 1887
Enfant Sources
signed and dated: A. CARRiER 1864
terracotta, on a gilt wood base
terracotta: 42 by 68cm., 16 1/2 by 26 3/4 in.
base: 5 by 67cm., 2 by 26 1/2 in.
This charming terracotta group of two children is inspired by two putti-type figures with a water source in the relief L'Abondance on the façade of the Louvre Museum, Paris. Carrier-Belleuse made various versions, either with one or two children.
RELATED LITERATURE
J. Hargrove and G. Grandjean, Carrier-Belleuse. Le maïtre de Rodin, exh. cat. Palais de Compiègne, Paris, 2014, p. 125, no. 85; J. Hargrove, The Life and Work of Albert Carrier-Belleuse, New York and London, 1977, pl. 148
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