拍品 148
  • 148

FÉLICIE DE FAUVEAU (1801-1886) AND HIPPOLYTE DE FAUVEAU, FRENCH, CIRCA 1855, | Triton Fountain

估價
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
招標截止

描述

  • Triton Fountain
  • Saravezza white marblesigned HF de FAUVEAU.
  • 57 x 32.5 x 17.5 cm; 22 2/5  x 12 4/5  x 7 in.

來源

Froment-Meurice collection, Paris, circa 1855;
André Giroud antiquaire, Paris;
French private collection.

展覽

Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1855, no. 5121 ; Félicie de Fauveau. L'Amazone de la sculpture, Orsay museumu, Paris, 2013, no. 55.

出版

A. Aldini, La Revue franco-italienne, 1855, no. 40, p. 313;
A. Dufour, V. Berri (dir.), Félicie de Fauveau. L'Amazone de la sculpture, exh. cat. Orsay museum, Paris, 2013, pp. 336-337, no. 55, ill. no. 126.

Condition

Overall, the condition of the marble is very good, with minor dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age. The tip of the mermaid's nose is lost, and there are a few small chips to the mouth of the left fish. There are some small naturally occurring inclusions to the marble consistent with the material, including two small ones to the merman's nose, and to his proper right forearm. There are some small orange marks to the proper left side of the right fish, and some further minor dirt marks. There are some small chips to the back right edge of the sculpture. There is a small hole to the front of the base, some minor abrasions to the side, and some small chips to the edges.
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拍品資料及來源

'The expression of the triton is perfect, and that of the siren does not yield to him. On land as on waves, in the days of the gods of Homer as in our days, sirens are always the same. The one from the Fountain by Mademoiselle Fauveau is a charming girl of marble.' (A. Aldini, op. cit. p. 313). As described by Aldini, after the Legitimist (French royalist who considered the descendants of the eldest branch of the Bourbon as legitimate successors to the crown) sculptor's long exile in Florence, she was enthusiastically received for her marble fountain sent to the 1855 Universal Exposition.

Architectural and decorative elements form an essential part of her work. She notably designed the interior of the château of Ussé, owned by her dear friend the Countess de Rochejaquelein, and of Dunecht House, a Scottish property of Lord Lindsay, a distinguished historian and fervent supporter of Félicie. She also produced decorative ensembles in Florence, notably for Anatole Demidof's property in San Donato (now lost). Numerous drawings illustrate the sculptor's relentless work in the decorative arts. Other fountains by Félicie are known, including the Ondine or Nymph of a Fountain (localisation unkown), known only from a photograph dating from 1869 (op cit., no. 70, ill. 119), and the Garden Fountain with Nymph and Dolphin (St. Petersburg, Peterhof State Museum).

Félicie's visionary concept of striving for a global creation and an arts coalition edifying together a coherent ensemble without the hierarchy of form announces the Art Nouveau.

RELATED LITERATURE
A. J. du Pays, L'Illustration, t. XVII, 1856, p. 123 ; J. Barbotte, "Félicie de Fauveau, héroïne vendéenne et sculpteur romantique, 1801-1886", mémoire de l'Ecole du Louvre, Paris, 1971, pp. 46-47. A. Aldini, La Revue franco-italienne, 1855, n° 40, p. 313 ; S. Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française au XIXe siècle, t. II, 1916, (rééd. 1970), p. 348.