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Lot Essay
Emile Guillemin made his debut at the Salon in 1870, later winning an Honorable Mention for sculpture in 1897. Although his oeuvre included a wide range of subjects, Guillemin specialised in exotic racial types and is renowned as a proponent of the Orientalist movement.
The present model, first exhibited at the Salon of 1879, (no. 5083 Jeune fille kurde - type de l'Asie Mineure) is an example of the finely-detailed polychrome sculptures for which Guillemin is best known. A controversial genre when revived in the 1850s, polychromy became increasingly fashionable in the 1860s, eventually meriting it's own class at the Salons and International Expositions.
The present model, first exhibited at the Salon of 1879, (no. 5083 Jeune fille kurde - type de l'Asie Mineure) is an example of the finely-detailed polychrome sculptures for which Guillemin is best known. A controversial genre when revived in the 1850s, polychromy became increasingly fashionable in the 1860s, eventually meriting it's own class at the Salons and International Expositions.