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EMILE ANTIONE BOURDELLE FRENCH (1861 - 1929)
LES DEUX AMIES
BRONZE
incised C by Bourdelle and numbered IV, founders mark of A Valsuani
Literature: I Jianou and Michel Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris 1965, p.102, no.98 (Another cast illustrated). Exhibited: Bonn, Manle, Remsheid, "Bourdelle" Travelling exhibition 1955. Provenance: Musee Bourdelle, Paris,. Private Collection, Paris. Considered to be the most prominent of Rodin's pupils, Émile-Antoine Bourdelle first studied under the sculptor Maurette in Toulouse before going to Paris in 1884 after winning a scholarship to the École des Beaux-Arts. There, he frequently visited and worked in the studio of his neighbor Jules Dalou, briefly studied under Alexandre Falguière, and in 1893 began his 15 year period as a pupil and assistant in the studio of Auguste Rodin, who had become a great admirer of Bourdelle's work.
24 x 27 x 16cm
Unsold
Lot 815
LES DEUX AMIES
BRONZE
incised C by Bourdelle and numbered IV, founders mark of A Valsuani
Literature: I Jianou and Michel Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris 1965, p.102, no.98 (Another cast illustrated). Exhibited: Bonn, Manle, Remsheid, "Bourdelle" Travelling exhibition 1955. Provenance: Musee Bourdelle, Paris,. Private Collection, Paris. Considered to be the most prominent of Rodin's pupils, Émile-Antoine Bourdelle first studied under the sculptor Maurette in Toulouse before going to Paris in 1884 after winning a scholarship to the École des Beaux-Arts. There, he frequently visited and worked in the studio of his neighbor Jules Dalou, briefly studied under Alexandre Falguière, and in 1893 began his 15 year period as a pupil and assistant in the studio of Auguste Rodin, who had become a great admirer of Bourdelle's work.
24 x 27 x 16cm
Estimate $8,000 - $10,000
The Ivan Holland Collection
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8081
1:00pm - 15 November 2015
InterContinental Double Bay
VIEWING
Viewing Locations
Hughenden Boutique Hotel, 14 Queen St, Woollahra NSW and
Leonard Joel, 39 Queen St, Woollahra NSW
7-14 November 10am-4pm
CONTACT
Rachael Barrowman
rachael.barrowman@leonardjoel.com.au