La crépuscule (Dusk)

Details

EMILE ANDRE BOISSEAU (1842-1923)
La crépuscule (Dusk)
signed 'Boisseau.' and with foundry cachet 'THIEBAUT FRERES'
bronze, greenish-brown patina
22 ¾ in. (58 cm.) high; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep
Conceived circa 1883.
This bronze circa 1890-1900.

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Lot Essay

Representing a winged allegorical figure of twilight illuminating her lantern with two disputing putti at her feet, the present bronze is a reduction of a marble Émile André Boisseau showed at the Salon of 1883 (no. 3366) and which is today in the Palais de l’Élysée, the French presidential palace in Paris. Owing to the popularity of Boisseau’s Salon work, which was awarded a first class medal, La crépuscule was variously reproduced in marble and bronze.

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