Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS ENTITLED 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT A LA BOULE'
Lot 24

A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS ENTITLED 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT A LA BOULE'

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2010

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF TWO WHIPPETS ENTITLED 'DEUX LEVRETTES JOUANT A LA BOULE'
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The oval naturalistic base signed P.J. MÊNE.
15.4 cm. high

Specialist note

One of Mène's most popular dog groups, the present model also exists as two individual sculptures, the crouching greyhound entitled Gisella (lot 23), the taller entitled Jiji. The group was first exhibited in plaster at the Salon of 1848.