Live Auction 3010The Decorative Arts Sale
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF THE BACCHUS 'LE JEUNE'
Lot 615

A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF THE BACCHUS 'LE JEUNE'

CAST BY SUSSE FRERES FROM THE MODEL BY ANTONIN CARLES (1851-1919), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed3 October 2012

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EUR 5,000

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF THE BACCHUS 'LE JEUNE'
CAST BY SUSSE FRERES FROM THE MODEL BY ANTONIN CARLES (1851-1919), EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The rim of the naturalistic base inscribed ANTONIN CARLÈS and Susse Fres Edtes Paris and with the Susse Freres seal flanked by
105 cm. high

Specialist note

The original plaster model of this cast dating from 1903 was exhibited at the Salon of 1904 and is now in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Nantes. A bronze cast from 1905 is in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Dijon. (source: www.culture.gouv.fr)