Lot 434
434
A FRENCH GILT, DAMASCENED, BROWN AND GREEN PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'MARCHAND TUNISIEN'
THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH GILT, DAMASCENED, BROWN AND GREEN PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'MARCHAND TUNISIEN'

CAST BY E. TASSEL FROM THE MODEL BY EMILE EDMOND PEYNOT (1850-1932), CIRCA 1883-1890

Details
A FRENCH GILT, DAMASCENED, BROWN AND GREEN PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'MARCHAND TUNISIEN'
CAST BY E. TASSEL FROM THE MODEL BY EMILE EDMOND PEYNOT (1850-1932), CIRCA 1883-1890
The base signed E. Peynot, the front of the base inscribed in Arabic Albayaa Altunisi (Tunisian Merchant) and the reverse of the base with foundry inscription E. Tassel. Fondeur
67 cm. high
Together with a square marble plinth with shaped corners - 8 cm. high x 33 cm. wide x 33 cm. deep (2)
Literature
H. Berman, Bronzes, Sculptors & Founders 1800-1930, Chicago, 1980, vol. IV, p. 951, no. 3646 (another cast illustrated as Young Arab Soldier).
M. Forrest, Art Bronzes, Pennsylvania, 1988, p. 438, no. 10.40 (another cast illustrated as Tunisian Arms Merchant).
P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 540, no. 1 (another cast illustrated as Jeune Arabe vérifiant son arme).
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1883, no. 1383 (another bronze cast).
Further details
VARIOUS PROPERTIES

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Lot Essay

While capturing a moment of contemplative tranquility, Peynot's Marchand tunisien also exudes a sense of strength, power and dignity. The present lot was a great commercial success following its exhibition at the Salon of 1883, and was regarded as a requirement for all major Orientalist collections of the time.

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