A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL VASE

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A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL VASE
CAST FROM A MODEL BY CHARLES KORSCHANN, CIRCA 1900
of flattened ovoid baluster form, the front pierced with double loop rim, cast in high relief with a scantily-clad maiden emerging from row of pansies, the reverse decorated with scrollong pansies and foliage in a central reserve, signed 'Ch.Korschann, Paris' in the bronze and stamped twice 'Louchet' to underside of baserim
17in. (43cm.) high

Literature

C.f. Alastair Duncan, Art Nouveau Sculpture, Academy edition, 1978, p.17.

Lot Essay

The flowers, in typical Art Nouveau fashion, provide a point of reference between the fin-de-siècle woman and nature. In this case, as in many of the other bronzes of Bohemain sculptor Charles Korschann (born 1872), they become a part of her.

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