BUST OF A YOUNG GIRL OR SPRING (1893) First version

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BUST OF A YOUNG GIRL OR SPRING (1893) First version

Jules DESBOIS

Bronze with nuanced brown patina, signed « J. Desbois »
Sand cast without founder’s mark
H. 12,9″ x W. 7,4″ x D. 8,2″
Circa 1900
Related work: Jules Desbois, Le Printemps, bronze, Musée Jules Desbois, Parçay-les-pins, PR 002.1.1 ; Jules Desbois, Masque du Printemps, terracotta, Musée des Beaux-arts, Calais, inv. 977.5.1.

Literature: Raymond Huard, Pierre Maillot, Jules Desbois (1851-1935)- une célébration tragique de la vie, Paris, 2000, model referenced n°32, p. 106.