A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF A TURKISH WARRIOR

CIRCA 1880, AFTER EMILE-CORIOLAN-HIPPOLYTE GUILLEMIN (1841-1907)

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF A TURKISH WARRIOR
CIRCA 1880, AFTER EMILE-CORIOLAN-HIPPOLYTE GUILLEMIN (1841-1907)
Crouched on a rocky outcrop, in Orientalist dress, a musket over his shoulder, signed 'E Guillemin' and inscribed by the founders 'E.Mottheau Edit. Paris' on a striated cream marble moulded base
22 ½ in. (57 cm.) high and long overall

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Lot Essay

Born in Paris in 1841, Emile Guillemin made his dèbut at the Salon in 1870 with a pair of Roman gladiators, later winning an Honorable Mention for sculpture in 1897. Although his oeuvre included a wide range of subjects, Guillemin specialized in exotic racial types and was renowned as a proponent of the Orientalist movement.

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