Lot 176
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A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP ENTITLED 'L'AMOUR DÉSARMÉ'
THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP ENTITLED 'L'AMOUR DÉSARMÉ'

BY JULES-ALFRED-ALEXANDRE DERCHEU, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP ENTITLED 'L'AMOUR DÉSARMÉ'
BY JULES-ALFRED-ALEXANDRE DERCHEU, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Signed 'Dercheu' to the back, with a plaque inscribed 'HOUDEBINE BRONZIER-PARIS', on a gilt-bronze shaped square plinth with foliage, the front inscribed 'L'AMOUR DÉSARMÉ', lacking arrow
The marble group: 31¼ in. (79.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, 24 February 2000, lot 253.

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Lot Essay

Born in Paris in 1864, Dercheu (d. 1912) was a pupil of Aimé Millet. He was awarded a Silver Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
The Musée de Limoges houses his Diane au repos and his Daphné poursuivie par Apollon.

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