拍品 30
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The Property of the late MRS B. L. GOODWIN
A BRONZE BUST OF 'LA BOULONNAISE', cast from a model by Aimé-Jules Dalou, wearing traditional hooded cloak fastened at the neck with a decorative clasp, her head inclined and covered in a bonnet, on wood socle, 19th Century

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A BRONZE BUST OF 'LA BOULONNAISE', cast from a model by Aimé-Jules Dalou, wearing traditional hooded cloak fastened at the neck with a decorative clasp, her head inclined and covered in a bonnet, on wood socle, 19th Century
18¼in. (46.5cm.) high
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
London, Mallett at Bourdon House, Sculptures by Jules Dalou, 1964, no. 2
Paris, Ader Picard Tajan, Jules Dalou, 25 June 1987, lots D6, 7 & 8

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Dalou first worked on the subject of the Boulonnaise woman at the begining of his English period. This figure of the Boulonnaise au Rameau was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1872 and bought by the Earl of Carlisle. He subsequently returned to the subject several times, including the Boulonnaise allaitant son enfant. This group of the mother nursing her child was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1877 to great acclaim, and of which the present bust is a reduction. The bust was cast in England, possibly by the Cantoni foundry, and is known in both signed and unsigned versions. It is also known in a posthumous cast by Susse Frères, and in a further reduced version truncated at the neck. By isolating the head and shoulders Dalou has concentrated the pensive and delicate features of the mother, while maintaining the 'genre' atmosphere through the glimpse of cloak and bonnet.