CAST FROM THE MODEL BY AUGUST MOREAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF 'LA PREMIER FLECHE'
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY AUGUST MOREAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting Cupid shooting an arrow, on a naturalistic base, on a fluted cylindrical ormolu-mounted green marble column on and squared plinth, with cast signature Aug. Moreau and plaque 'Salon des Beaux-Arts LA 1^è^r^e FLECHE Par Aug. Moreau (Medaille d'Or)', light greenish brown patina with gilt highlights to bow and arrows
29 in. (74 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Born in Paris in 1855, Auguste Moreau (d. 1919) studied under his father, the sculptor Mathurin Moreau, Aim Millet, A. Dumont and J. Thomas. He exhibited at the Salon where he won a third class medal in 1877. He was awarded a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. He specialized in allegorical and classical figures such as the present group.

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