Sale 5188
London, South Kensington
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17 July 2007
Price realised
GBP 180
Estimate
A FRENCH BRONZE MODEL OF A STRETCHING HOUND AFTER EMMANUEL FRÉMIET (1824-1910), THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY The base inscribed E.FREMIET and with mark to reverse 842 4in. (10cm.) high
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Some of Frémiet's earliest recorded sculptures are of small domestic animals, and this particular model is one of his earliest, circa 1844. See Christopher Payne, Animals in Bronze, Antique Collectors' Club 1988, page 200, D6.
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