Lot Essay
Philippe Garner, The Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts 1890-1940, Grange Books, London, 1997 edition, p.11.
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'NATURE REVEALING HERSELF TO SCIENCE' A FINE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE
CAST FROM A MODEL BY E.BARRIAS, CIRCA 1895
of young maiden, her veil and dress in gilt-bronze, standing and coyly revealing her bosom, a green patinated scarab beetle below her chest, on a rectangular patinated bronze base, signed in the bronze, stamped foundry mark 'Susse Frères Editeurs Paris', impressed letters P and S
29 1/4in. (74cm.) high
CAST FROM A MODEL BY E.BARRIAS, CIRCA 1895
of young maiden, her veil and dress in gilt-bronze, standing and coyly revealing her bosom, a green patinated scarab beetle below her chest, on a rectangular patinated bronze base, signed in the bronze, stamped foundry mark 'Susse Frères Editeurs Paris', impressed letters P and S
29 1/4in. (74cm.) high
Literature
C.f. D.Croal, The Paris Exhibition 1900. p.291 for illustration and discussion of a marble example of this model.
See also Philippe Garner, The Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts 1890-1940, Grange Books, London, 1997, p.11
See also Philippe Garner, The Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts 1890-1940, Grange Books, London, 1997, p.11