A WRECK (1898)

Victor SEGOFFIN

Bronze with brown patina, signed “Segoffin,” titled “A Wreck,” dated “April 1898,” with the notation “sketch”and the initials “AJVS.”

Cast by Alexis Rudier, bearing the inscription “ALEXIS.RUDIER.Fondeur.Paris”

H. 19 ½” (50, 5 cm) – W. 6” (15 cm) – D. 4” (10 cm)

Circa 1898

Categories: Dernières Acquisitions, GALERIE QUAI VOLTAIRE, Sculptures XIXème, Victor SEGOFFIN

Description

Description

Segoffin offers us a poignant image of old age by showing the withered body of a woman ravaged by time. He follows in the tradition of Auguste Rodin’s La Belle Heaulmière (1885-1887) and Jules Desbois’s La Misère (1884-1894). The motif of the aging female model, her beauty faded, thus became a true “vanitas” with universal appeal.