拍品 68
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A pair of French parcel-gilt and patinated bronze twelve-light candelabra
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 
A pair of French parcel-gilt and patinated bronze twelve-light candelabra

CAST FROM THE MODELS BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

細節
A pair of French parcel-gilt and patinated bronze twelve-light candelabra
Cast from the models by Antoine-Louis Barye, Last Quarter 19th Century
Each surmounted by a parrot, above a foliate-cast central stem with an entwined serpent, issuing twelve poppy-headed branches, on a triform base with turtle-cast feet
38½ in. (98 cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

The original 1845 model for the present candelabra was considered a failure given the lengthy period of time in which the cast remained active with Association Martin-Barye. It is possible that the overall design may be blamed, being conceived well in advance of the Art Nouveau movement which would have embraced and even championed the model for its fluid plant forms (see Poletti & Richarme, Barye: Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, 2000, p. 377).