拍品 37
37
A pair of French patinated cast-iron female Sphinxes
A pair of French patinated cast-iron female Sphinxes

BY ALEXANDRE DURENNE, CIRCA 1870

細節
A pair of French patinated cast-iron female Sphinxes
By Alexandre Durenne, Circa 1870
Each seated on a rectangular base signed to the front A DURENNE SOMMEVOIRE
24 in. (63 cm.) high; 11 in. (29 cm.) wide; 22 in. (57 cm.) deep (2)

拍品專文

Durenne established his foundry at Sommevoire in the Haute-Marne, France, in 1855. He worked with Carrier-Belleuse, Bartholdi and Klagmann on private as well as public commissions. He became membre des comitis d'admission at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle.