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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A TRAVELLING SALESMAN ENTITLED 'LE MARCHAND DE DIEUX ANTIQUES'
Lot 626

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A TRAVELLING SALESMAN ENTITLED 'LE MARCHAND DE DIEUX ANTIQUES'

CAST BY SUSSE FRERES FROM THE MODEL BY ALPHONSE AMEDEE CORDONNIER (1848-1930), LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2008

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EUR 3,500

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A TRAVELLING SALESMAN ENTITLED 'LE MARCHAND DE DIEUX ANTIQUES'
CAST BY SUSSE FRERES FROM THE MODEL BY ALPHONSE AMEDEE CORDONNIER (1848-1930), LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The base signed Cordonnier, with title inscription LE MARCHAND DE DIEUX ANTIQUES, with foundry inscription Susse Fres edrs Paris and with Susse cachet and inscribed Epreuve sur plâtre
66 cm. high

Specialist note

In the Susse Foundry catalogue from the early 20th Century this model is mentioned with order number 557 and with title Marchand de dieux à Pompéi. (P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 674)