Lot 518
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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'CHIENS AU RELAIS'
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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'CHIENS AU RELAIS'

LATE 19TH CENTURY, CAST FROM THE MODEL BY PROSPER LECOURTIER

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'CHIENS AU RELAIS'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, CAST FROM THE MODEL BY PROSPER LECOURTIER
The naturalistic base signed Lecourtier, numbered B 5548 and with foundry stamp BRONZE GARANTI AU TITRE/O. C., the base applied with a placque inscribed CHIENS AU RELAIS/SALON DES BEAUX ARTS
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) diamater
Provenance
Acquired from Victor Franses, London.
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Lot Essay

Prosper Lecourtier (d. 1924) was a pupil of the prominent sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet and was awarded medals at the Salons of 1879, 1880 and 1902 as well as winning a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. He is described as showing 'some of the character and sensitivity' of Frémiets best work in his modelling of this group in C. Payne, Animals in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1986, p. 213.

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