CAST BY THIÉBAUT, AFTER THE MODEL BY JULES COUTAN, CIRCA 1890

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A pair of French parcel-gilt patinated-bronze figural candelabra
Cast by Thiébaut, After the model by Jules Coutan, Circa 1890
Each as a scantily clad lady holding a torch, one with a tambourine in her hand, a guitar to her back, one foot resting on backpipes, the other figure holding a paper scroll, with a harp to her back, a foot resting on a globe with foliage and further paper scrolls, each on a circular base inscribed THIEBAUT FRERES FONDEURS to the side and Coutan to the top, on a circular stepped wooden socle; fitted for electricity
Overall: 74 in. (188 cm.) high;
The figures: 57 in. (145 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Born in Paris in 1848, Jules Coutan (d. 1939) was a pupil of the sculptor Joseph Cuvelier. Awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1871, he first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1871, then at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. Head of the Manufacture de Sèvres from 1891 to 1894, he took over Flaguière's position at the Académie in 1900. He was commissioned numerous works by the city of Paris, for buildings such as the Palais de Justice, the Hôtel de Ville or the Bibliothèque Nationale. Some of his works, such as the present allegorical figures, were cast in bronze by Thiébaut.

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