Lot 106
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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS ENTITLED 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT A LA BOULE', cast from a model by Pierre-Jules Mêne, one dog standing, it's front left paw raised in the air, the other crouching down, on an oval naturalistic base cast with a ball, signed P.J.MENE, third quarter 19th Century

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS ENTITLED 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT A LA BOULE', cast from a model by Pierre-Jules Mêne, one dog standing, it's front left paw raised in the air, the other crouching down, on an oval naturalistic base cast with a ball, signed P.J.MENE, third quarter 19th Century
8½in. (21.5cm.) wide; 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high; 4¾in. (12cm.) deep
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Christopher Payne, Animals in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1986, p.202
Jane Horswell, Les Animaliers, Woodbridge, 1971, p.123

Lot Essay

One of Mêne's most popular dog groups, the present model also exists as two individual sculptures, the crouching greyhound entitled Gisella, the taller entitled Jiji. The group was first exhibited in plaster at the Salon of 1848 and appeared as No. 93 in Mêne's catalogue.

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