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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS AT PLAY OR 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT AVEC UNE BOULE'
Lot 332

A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS AT PLAY OR 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT AVEC UNE BOULE'

AFTER PIERRE JULES MÊNE (1810-1879), LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS AT PLAY OR 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT AVEC UNE BOULE'
AFTER PIERRE JULES MÊNE (1810-1879), LATE 19TH CENTURY
Set on a 'carpet' base inscribed P.J.MÊNE
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) high

Specialist note

This group also known as Jiji and Gisella is one of Mêne's more celebrated works and was a very popular model. It was first exhibited in 1848 at the Salon in plaster, No. 93 in Mêne's Catalogue. Both models for this group also appear as single sculptures. See Jane Horswell, Les Animaliers p.123.