AGATHON LEONARD (1841-1923)
Lot 45

AGATHON LEONARD (1841-1923)

'DANSEUSE A L'ECHARPE', CIRCA 1900

Closed12 June 2014

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AGATHON LEONARD (1841-1923)
'DANSEUSE A L'ECHARPE', CIRCA 1900
gilt-bronze
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
signed A. Léonard and with foundry mark Susse Frères Editeurs Paris

Specialist note

cf. J-P. Midant, Sèvres, la Manufacture au XXème Siècle, Paris, 1992, p. 55 for an illustration of this model in biscuit.
I. Böstge, Agathon Léonard Le Geste Art Nouveau, Paris, 2003, p. 75, n. 58;

This model was originally the twelfth dancer of a group of fifteen for a biscuitware centrepiece created by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres in 1897. A porcelain version was made for the Exposition Universelle, 1900, Paris. In the light of the great success of these figures, Susse Frères made an edition in bronze.