拍品 135
135
A French parcel-gilt and patinated bronze figural four-light torchere, entitled 'l'esclave Indien'
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A French parcel-gilt and patinated bronze figural four-light torchere, entitled 'l'esclave Indien'

CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE FROM A MODEL BY FRANÇOIS-CHRISTOPHE-ARMAND TOUSSAINT, DATED 1850

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A French parcel-gilt and patinated bronze figural four-light torchere, entitled 'l'esclave Indien'
Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne from a model by François-Christophe-Armand Toussaint, Dated 1850
Modelled as a partially-clad figure with fan, the rectangular base inscribed AD TOUSSAINT and F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR, electrified
55 in. (139.7 cm.) high

拍品專文

Armand Toussaint (d.1862) studied under David D'angers and exhibited at the Salon from 1836. He became a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1852. The present model was commissioned for the ministre de l'Intérieur on 23 February 1850. The work was shown at the Salon of 1850-1851 (no. 3598), and a version in silver was shown at the Salon of 1847 (no. 2161). The figure, along with a companion model entitled Une esclave indienne portant une torche, was destined to be decoration at the palais de l'Elysée in Paris.

An example of Barbedienne's 112 cm. reduction of the pair, sold Christie's East, 29 April 1999, lot 331, ($16,100).