Sale 10647
London, South Kensington
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20 May 2015
Price realised
GBP 4,000
Estimate
A FRENCH COLD PAINTED BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ORIENTALIST BATHER CAST AFTER A MODEL BY BARON CHARLES-ARTHUR BOURGEOIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Modelled with her hand above hip and leg slightly raised, the base cast with signature 'A. BOURGEOIS' 33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm. ) high
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Bourgeois (d.1886) was a pupil of Duret and Guillaume at the Ecole des Beaux-arts and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1863.
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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage
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