JEAN BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (French, 1827-1875)

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JEAN BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (French, 1827-1875)

'Frère et Soeur', A Bronze Group

inscribed 'JB^.^. Carpeaux 1873' and stamped 'I' and with the Propriété Carpeaux atelier seal
25½in. (64.8cm.) high, rich reddish brown patina

Exhibited

Williamstown, Massachusets, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, A Romance with Realism: The Art of Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, May 6-August 27, 1989, p. 44, cat. no. 39. This exhibition travelled to Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, October 12-December 17, 1989.

Lot Essay

During the siege of Paris by the Prussian troops in 1870-1871, Carpeaux found two orpahned children and their dog who inspired Frère et Soeur as well as his largest painting Frère et Soeur, Orphelins du Siège.