Lot 54
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF NIGHT AND DAY
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF NIGHT AND DAY

IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES-AUGUSTE FRAIKIN, BY PIETRÒ FRANCHI, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF NIGHT AND DAY
IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES-AUGUSTE FRAIKIN, BY PIETRÒ FRANCHI, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each signed P. Franchi to the oval base
Each: 39¾ in. (101 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

Charles-Auguste Fraikin (1817-1893) was famed for his graceful interpretation of neo-classical sculpture and his magnum opus, L'Amour Captif, was copied by sculptors across Europe. With its fluidity of form, billowing classical robes and love attributes, the influence of L'Amour Captif, and the similar Venus Anadyomène, is clearly evident in the fine pair of figures offered here. It is appropriate that this pair of figures are in the style of a celebrated sculptor as they are by Pietrò Franchi who, working in Carrara around 1870, specialised in copying well known works by contemporary artists such as Fraikin.

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