Lot 105
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THREE FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE ANIMALIER GROUPS
THREE FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE ANIMALIER GROUPS
THREE FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE ANIMALIER GROUPS
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THREE FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE ANIMALIER GROUPS

CAST FROM MODELS BY PIERRE-JULES MENE (1810-1879), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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THREE FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE ANIMALIER GROUPS
CAST FROM MODELS BY PIERRE-JULES MENE (1810-1879), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a group of two whippets playing with a ball, known as Jiji and Giselle; an Arab stallion 'Ibrahim'; and an Arab mare and foal drinking from a trough, each with oval base signed 'P.J. MENE'
The whippets: 6 1/2 in. (17 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The first is one of Pierre Jules Mène's most popular dog groups and also exists as two individual sculptures, the crouching greyhound entitled Gisella, the taller entitled Jiji. The group was first exhibited in plaster at the Salon of 1848.
Mêne executed the original model of Ibrahim in 1843 and exhibited the bronze version at the Salon of that year. It was to be his first major equine study and followed by several versions of the Arab horse Ibrahim.

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