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A FRANCO-MEXICAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF 'L'EVEIL'
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A FRANCO-MEXICAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF 'L'EVEIL'

B JESÚS FRUCTUOSO CONTRERAS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRANCO-MEXICAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF 'L'EVEIL'
B JESÚS FRUCTUOSO CONTRERAS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Signed to the right side J. CONTRERAS. PARIS
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Born in Aguascalientes, Jesús Fructuoso Contreras (1866-1902) studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City before moving to Paris were he won a medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle and a Grand Prix in 1900.

Here Contreras can be seen to adapt his popular marble figure of L'Éveil, concentrating his considerable skill on a bust depicting the nymph reaching out from an intentionally roughly-hewn marble background.

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