Sale 5264
London, South Kensington
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2 October 2007
Price realised
GBP 525
Estimate
AN ART NOUVEAU STATUETTE OF A MUSE OR ALLEGORICAL FIGURE AUSTRIAN, CIRCA 1900 The cast silver female figure, possibly modelled after a work of Alexandre Charpentier, and emblematic of sleep, appearing suspended in the air, connected to the ground by a diaphanous piece of material loosely placed around her lower body, mounted to small plinth, 7¾ in. high (19.5 cm.).
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