A French white marble figure entitled 'Etoile d'Amour'

BY ALFRED JEAN FORETAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A French white marble figure entitled 'Etoile d'Amour'
By Alfred Jean Foretay, Late 19th Century
Of a young woman with billowing drapery, standing on a cloud, signed A. Foretay and with the title to the front, on a veined white marble plinth inscribed Sé Faise de Sculpture d'Art 1
45in. (114.2cm.) high

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Born in Morges in 1861, Alfred Jean Foretay studied under Falguière and exhibited works in the Art Nouveau style at the Salon at the turn of the century, winning an honourable mention in 1891 and a third class medal in 1904. His figure, Etoile d'Amour, was first exhibited in marble at the Salon in 1903 and was subsequently edited in bronze.

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