Lot Essay
cf. A. Duncan, Art Nouveau Sculpture, London, 1978, p. 86, illus.
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'LA PRINCESSE LOINTAINE', A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SARAH BERNHARDT
CAST FROM A MODEL BY MARIUS MARS-VALLETT, FRENCH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
inscribed 'Mars Vallett', stamped 'G121' and impressed with the Siot-Decauville foundry seal ----- 23¾in. (60.3cm.) high, including bronze mounted mottled grren marble base
CAST FROM A MODEL BY MARIUS MARS-VALLETT, FRENCH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
inscribed 'Mars Vallett', stamped 'G121' and impressed with the Siot-Decauville foundry seal ----- 23¾in. (60.3cm.) high, including bronze mounted mottled grren marble base