A French bronze figure entitled 'Peacock Girl'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY LEO LAPORTE-BLAIRSY, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

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A French bronze figure entitled 'Peacock Girl'
Cast from a model by Leo Laporte-Blairsy, First quarter 20th Century
The naked young woman standing among flowers, with peacock feathers falling from her long hair and becoming a tail behind her, on a shaped base signed LEO LAPORTE-BLAIRSY 1921 and with the foundry mark LEBLANC, BARBEDIENNE & FILS/CIRE PERDUE/PARIS impressed in a diamond, on a conforming plum-coloured marble plinth
21¼in. (54cm.) high, overall

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Leo Laporte-Blairsy was born in Toulouse, studied sculpture in Paris under Falguière and Mercié and was a regular exhibitor at the Salon, winning a number of medals. One of his most notable works, The Peacock Girl is a sensual piece of sculpture, depicting a naked woman with long hair swirling back into a tail of peacock feathers. Combining a romantic subject with organic lines, the work is typical of the Art Nouveau period of between 1890 and 1910.