Lot 48
48
A FRENCH GILT BRONZE RELIEF PLAQUE, ENTITLED 'LA CHATIMENTS'
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A FRENCH GILT BRONZE RELIEF PLAQUE, ENTITLED 'LA CHATIMENTS'

CAST BY SUSSE FRÈRES, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY AIMÉ-JULES DALOU, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILT BRONZE RELIEF PLAQUE, ENTITLED 'LA CHATIMENTS'
CAST BY SUSSE FRÈRES, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY AIMÉ-JULES DALOU, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Signed 'DALOU' and inscribed 'Susse fRES EDT Paris' and with Susse Frères Editeurs stamp, in a stained oak frame
14¼ x 10½ in. (36.3 x 36.8 cm.), the plaque
18 5/8 x 14½ in. (48.8 x 36.7 cm.), overall

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Lot Essay

Les Châtiments (The Punishments) is a collection of satirical poems written by Victor Hugo as a protest against the coup d'état and rule of Emperor Napoleon III. Dalou made this relief depicting Les Châtiments so that an etching could be taken from it as a frontispiece for an edition of Victor Hugo's work. The plaster of circa 1885 is in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 2464) and Dalou exhibited a bronze cast of it at the Salon in 1890 (N° 1259). On 26 July 1899 Dalou authorised the Susse Frères foundry to edit the bas-relief in bronze.

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