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Mauresque d'Alger chantant (A singing Algerian Moor)
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CHARLES-HENRI-JOSEPH CORDIER (FRENCH, 1827-1905)
Mauresque d'Alger chantant (A singing Algerian Moor)
signed ' C CORDIER', the underside stamped 'HH', on a later ormolu-mounted bleu turquin and white marble base
bronze, gilt and silvered
The bust: 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high
The base: 8 ½ in. (22 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) square
Cast circa 1870-1900
Mauresque d'Alger chantant (A singing Algerian Moor)
signed ' C CORDIER', the underside stamped 'HH', on a later ormolu-mounted bleu turquin and white marble base
bronze, gilt and silvered
The bust: 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high
The base: 8 ½ in. (22 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) square
Cast circa 1870-1900
Literature
L. de Margerie et al., Facing the Other: Charles Cordier (1827-1905) Ethnographic Sculptor, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 2004, p. 190, no. 373 (possibly the present work).
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