Lot 109
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A French white marble figure of Psyche or 'L'Hirondelle blessee'
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A French white marble figure of Psyche or 'L'Hirondelle blessee'

BY ALFRED BOUCHER, CIRCA 1890

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A French white marble figure of Psyche or 'L'Hirondelle blessee'
By Alfred Boucher, Circa 1890
The winged figure, nude and seated on a spreading base, inscribed to the left side A.Boucher, looking down at and holding her left leg
32 in. (81 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Alfred Boucher (d.1934) studied initially under Marius Ramus in his home town of Nogent-sur-Seine, before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a student of Dubois and Dumont. He exhibited at the Salon from 1874 onwards, winning a Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. Producing many portrait busts, allegorical figures, groups and monuments in both marble and bronze, his work was characterised by a naturalism and skilful blending of romantic and genre trends.

The present statuette of Psyche relates closely to Boucher's seated nude at the base of the Ferdinand Barbedienne monument, erected in the Père-Lachaise Cemetary in 1892.

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