Lot Essay
Compare with J. van Lennep, Catalogue de la sculpture, J. van Lennep, Artistes ne entre 1750 et 1882, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels 1992, p. 336 for another cast of this sculpture
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Causerie
Details
Victor Rousseau (BELGIAN, 1865-1954)
Causerie
signed, dated and inscribed 'Victor Rousseau/London 1917' (on the base)
white terracotta
20 cm. high
Conceived at an unknown date and cast in 1917.
Causerie
signed, dated and inscribed 'Victor Rousseau/London 1917' (on the base)
white terracotta
20 cm. high
Conceived at an unknown date and cast in 1917.
Provenance
Brussels, Palais des beaux-arts, title unknown, 1933 no. 211
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Sale room notice
Please note that this work is entitled Causerie
and
Please note that the medium should read: White terracotta instead of plaster
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Please note that there is aditional literature on this lot:
Compare with J. van Lennep, Catalogue de la sculpture, J. van Lennep, Artistes ne entre 1750 et 1882, Musèes royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels 1992, p. 336 for another cast of this sculpture
and
Please note that the medium should read: White terracotta instead of plaster
and
Please note that there is aditional literature on this lot:
Compare with J. van Lennep, Catalogue de la sculpture, J. van Lennep, Artistes ne entre 1750 et 1882, Musèes royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels 1992, p. 336 for another cast of this sculpture