Lot 242
242
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SEVRES BISCUIT GROUP OF A MOTHER AND CHILD, ENTITLED 'MATERNAL JOY, cast from a model by Aimé-Jules Dalou,the mother shown seated on an elegant chair, her legs crossed, the baby held in her arms and asleep, signed DALOU, impressed S 1907 within a triangle, SEVRES and incised A-D, early 20th Century

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A SEVRES BISCUIT GROUP OF A MOTHER AND CHILD, ENTITLED 'MATERNAL JOY, cast from a model by Aimé-Jules Dalou,the mother shown seated on an elegant chair, her legs crossed, the baby held in her arms and asleep, signed DALOU, impressed S 1907 within a triangle, SEVRES and incised A-D, early 20th Century
20¼in. (51.5cm.) high
Provenance
London, Mallett at Bourdon House, Sculptures by Jules Dalou, 1964, no.3
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
M. Dreyfous, Dalou, Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre, Paris, 1903, p. 198, pl. 237

Lot Essay

The present group, which depicts Dalou's wife and child, was exhibited in marble at the Royal Academy in 1872 with great success under the title 'Maternal Joy'. The plaster maquette is in the Petit Palais, and was cast posthumously in bronze by Hébrard and Susse, and as in the present case in biscuit de Sèvres.

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