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A French white marble figure of a seated female nude
A French white marble figure of a seated female nude

BY AIMÉ-JULES DALOU, CIRCA 1890-1900

细节
A French white marble figure of a seated female nude
By Aimé-Jules Dalou, Circa 1890-1900
The stepped base inscribed to one side DALOU
17½in. (44.5cm.) high

拍品专文

The present marble study of a female nude relates closely to Dalou's allegorical figure executed during the 1890s entitled La Verité Meconnue (Truth Unacknowledged). Inspiration for the work may have been linked to the highly-publicised Dreyfus Scandal. Himself a dreyfusard, Dalou may have been drawing attention to Dreyfus' innocence, just as Emile Zola did with his famous article J'accuse.