Lot Essay
Laporte-Blairsy or Blaisin, Leon M.V. (1865-1923). Best known for his Art Nouveau lamp stands. Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1881 until his death.
Details
Four various bronze busts
including a bust of Napolean III, signed and dated to the side Mme. LEFEVRE DEUMIER, 1851 -- 4¾in. (12cm) high; a bust of Wagner, signed H.Müller -- 3in. (8cm); a bust of a knight, mounted to the reverse on a fossil marble block -- 5½in. (14cm) overall; and a gilt bronze bust of a French infantryman, shown with shako and epaulettes, signed Leo Laporte-Blairsy, mounted on a rectangular marmo verde antico plinth, French, late 19th/early 20th century -- 6½in. (16.5cm) high overall
See Illustration (4)
including a bust of Napolean III, signed and dated to the side Mme. LEFEVRE DEUMIER, 1851 -- 4¾in. (12cm) high; a bust of Wagner, signed H.Müller -- 3in. (8cm); a bust of a knight, mounted to the reverse on a fossil marble block -- 5½in. (14cm) overall; and a gilt bronze bust of a French infantryman, shown with shako and epaulettes, signed Leo Laporte-Blairsy, mounted on a rectangular marmo verde antico plinth, French, late 19th/early 20th century -- 6½in. (16.5cm) high overall
See Illustration (4)