Lot 410
L'Emprise c.1897
bronze, dark brown patina
Signed to base: Fix MASSEAU
Stamped to base with foundry: SIOT PARIS
Height 80cm
Estimate $40,000 - $60,000
Overall in Very Good Condition
- area of verdigris in figure's left shoulder/neck transition
- original patina, with deep dark brown patina of background figures contrasiting lighter brown of the nude female
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Sotheby's London, European Sculpture and Works of Art 900-1900, 11 July 2001, lot 256
Victorian Visions: Nineteenth-century Art from the John Schaeffer Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 May - 29 Aug 2010
Masterpieces of Victorian Art from the John and Julie Schaeffer Collection and the Art Gallery of New South Wales Collections, exhibit. cat., Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, pp146-47
The Collection of the Late John Schaeffer AO
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8381
1:00pm - 25 August 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Thursday 20 - Monday 24 August, 10am - 4pm
Auction:
Session 1: 1:00pm (Lots 1-254)
Session 2: 6:00pm (Lots 300-517)
CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au
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