Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX
Bronze with black patina, Signed « JB CARPEAUX ».
Cast by Hébrard, bears the founder’s stamp « cire perdue A.Hébrard (4) » and numered 4.
No edition during the artist’s lifetime, edition realized by Hébrard in Paris in 1927. Limited edition to 15 copies and only 8 are known.
Circa 1927.
Height: 82.4 cm – 2′ 8¹/₂” in.
Depth: 18 cm – 0′ 7¹/₈” in.
Width: 29 cm – 0′ 11³/₈” in.
Provenance: Acquired in July 1927 by M. Moreau (cahier Hébrard)
Literature: M. Poletti et A. Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpteur, catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre édité, Paris, 2003, p. 153, model referenced under the number ES 2
SOLD