The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
A Pedestal with Putti
No reserve
Auction Closed
February 8, 09:14 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
marble
height 9 ¾ in.
24.8 cm
Raoul Cabany, Paris;
Arnold Seligmann, Paris;
Mrs. Henry Walters, New York, 1941;
Monique de Gunzberg Uzielli (1913-2011), New York;
Her estate sale, Sotheby's New York, 26 January 2012, lot 309;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
The composition illustrating frolicking putti upholding a floral chain is repeated on a bronze relief cast by Thiébaut et Fils after 1900, only known from photographs and catalogued as "after Clodion." There is no documented sculpture by Clodion of this subject although the general theme is repeated throughout his career. Poulet and Scherf1 note the multitude of images ascribed to Clodion and refer to the physical types and draperies on the bronze relief as perhaps more "Clodionesque" than Clodion, himself.
1 A. L. Poulet and G. Scherf, Clodion 1738-1814, Paris 1992, pp. 458-459, fig. 264
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