Lot Essay
Dalou expressed his support for Alfred Dreyfus, both artistically and financially, with La Vérité méconnue. Many reductions of the work were sold for this effort.
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, NEW YORK
'LA VÉRITÉ MÉCONNUE', A BRONZE FIGURE
Details
'LA VÉRITÉ MÉCONNUE', A BRONZE FIGURE
SCAST FROM A MODEL BY AIMÉ JULES DALOU, French, 19th Century
Inscribed 'DALOU' and 'Susse Fs Edts Paris'-----5¾in. (14.6cm.) high, reddish brown patina
SCAST FROM A MODEL BY AIMÉ JULES DALOU, French, 19th Century
Inscribed 'DALOU' and 'Susse Fs Edts Paris'-----5¾in. (14.6cm.) high, reddish brown patina
Literature
H.W. Janson, 19th Century Sculpture, New York, 1985, pp. 198-199, illus. for the plaster
P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe Siècle: Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, 1987, p. 236, illus. for another bronze example
P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe Siècle: Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, 1987, p. 236, illus. for another bronze example