A French bronze sketch model entitled 'La brodeuse'

CAST BY HÉBRARD FROM A MODEL BY AIMÉ-JULES DALOU, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A French bronze sketch model entitled 'La brodeuse'
Cast by Hébrard from a model by Aimé-Jules Dalou, Early 20th Century
Inscribed DALOU, with foundry stamp CIRE/PERDUE/HEBRARD
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

出版

J. H. Hunsiak, The sculptor Jules Dalou. Studies in his style and imagery, New York, 1977. pp 53-68.
S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Français au dix-neuvième siècle, Paris, 1914, vol 1, p.2-6.
P. J. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIX siècle, Paris 1989, pp. 234-235, illust. p. 249.
Cat. Exp. La Sculpture Français au XIXe siècle, Paris, 10 April-28 July 1986, Grand Palais, fig. 388.

拍品專文

Dalou's lifesize plaster model of La Brodeuse was first exhibited at the Salon in 1870 (no. 4401). Regarding the model at the salon, Théophile Gautier commented: "La Brodeuse de M. Dalou est une statue charmante, de la plus gracieuse réalité. Ce n'est rien qu'une pauvre fille attitude, dans la candeur de ses traits dans la chasteta© de ses formes, une séduction pénétrante". The State purchased it for 3,000 francs, and an advance was given to the artist for a marble version. During his exile in London, he exhibited a version in 1873 at the Royal Academy. Upon Dalou's return to France, Legrain reproduced a sand-cast version of the model. In 1880, Dalou destroyed both the plaster and the marble version, finding them inadequate. As such, all that remains of the original model is now the sketch and two reductions.

Another Hébrard cast sold Sotheby's Paris, Collection de La Baronne Eugène de Rothschild Et Divers Amateurs, 31 March 2004, lot 246.