Lot Essay
Louis Oury was born in Montaubon and exhibited at the Salon at the turn of the century, winning an honourable mention in 1898.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
(Lots 396 and 397)
A large French bronze fountain figure
CAST FROM A MODEL BY LOUIS OURY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A large French bronze fountain figure
Cast from a model by Louis Oury, late 19th Century
The nymph reclining beside a pool, holding aloft a branch, the basin cast with a mask fitted with a fountain spout, opposite a fish, also with a fountain spout, the oval basin naturalisticily cast and signed Louis Oury and by the foundry USINE VOYAVE. ST. AMER, BRUXELLES
59in. (150cm.) wide; 31½in. (80cm.) high; 30in. (76cm.) deep
Cast from a model by Louis Oury, late 19th Century
The nymph reclining beside a pool, holding aloft a branch, the basin cast with a mask fitted with a fountain spout, opposite a fish, also with a fountain spout, the oval basin naturalisticily cast and signed Louis Oury and by the foundry USINE VOYAVE. ST. AMER, BRUXELLES
59in. (150cm.) wide; 31½in. (80cm.) high; 30in. (76cm.) deep