A bronze female figure entitled "L'Industrie"

CAST AFTER THE MODEL BY A. GAUDEZ, FRENCH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A bronze female figure entitled "L'Industrie"
Cast after the model by A. Gaudez, French, late 19th/early 20th Century
The young woman in classical drapery, holding a laurel branch and balancing a hammer on the envil positioned behind her, signed on the circular naturalistic base A. GAUDEZ, mounted on a circular waisted base with brass plaque engraved L'INDUSTRIE/Par A. Gaudez (Hors-Concours)
41cm. high

Lot Essay

Adrien Étienne Gaudez (Lyon 1845-1902 Neuilly) began exhibiting at the Salon in 1864, in which year he won a third class medal, followed by a first class medal in 1881. He is especially known for his monuments and large groups of statuary. (James Mackay, The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 152)

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