Le grand jockey

Details

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ISIDORE-JULES BONHEUR (FRENCH, 1827-1901), 20TH CENTURY
Le grand jockey
The separately cast base inscribed I.BONHEUR
dark brown patinated bronze
34 cm. high

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Please note that lot 1002 has been withdrawn

Lot Essay

Perhaps Bonheur's best-known horse and jockey group, Le Grand Jockey (no. 4817), was shown in bronze alongside another of his important large equestrian studies, Un cavalier, époque Louis XV (no. 4816) at the 1879 Salon. No doubt realising the commercial potential of these large equestrian groups, Bonheur exhibited them again at the 1883 Exposition Nationale (nos. 893 and 894) and for a third time at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle (no. 1690), where he was awarded the coveted Médaille d'Or.

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