A French marble bust of a woman
A French marble bust of a woman

BY HENRI WEIGELE, CIRCA 1900

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A French marble bust of a woman
By Henri Weigele, Circa 1900
The left shoulder inscribed to the reverse H. WEIGELE, on a circular Swedish green marble socle and square base
Overall: 30¼in. (78.2cm.) high

拍品专文

Henri Weigele (d. 1927) studied sculpture in Paris under Jules Franceschi. He won the Honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1893, followed by a third class medal in 1907 and a first class medal in 1909. A marble and gilt-bronze bust of Diana by Weigele sold Christie's New York, 1 May 2000, lot 257 ($127,000).