Lot 103
103
A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF NIGHT
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A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF NIGHT

CAST BY SUSSE FRERES FROM A MODEL BY PAUL-EUGENE MENGIN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF NIGHT
CAST BY SUSSE FRERES FROM A MODEL BY PAUL-EUGENE MENGIN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Signed P. MENGIN, with foundry inscription Susse Fres, Edtr and further Susse foundry cachet, on a revolving brèche violette marble plinth
32½ in. (82.5 cm.) high, overall

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A similar figure by Mengin, entitled Semeuse d'étoiles and modeled as a draped nude against a crescent moon, is illustrated in the firm's 1910 sales catalogue (P. Cadet, Susse Frères: 150 Years of Sculpture, 1837-1987, Paris, 1992, p. 286).

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