A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE GROUPS OF 'FEMME ET AMOUR' EMBLEMATIC OF WATER AND FIRE
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A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE GROUPS OF 'FEMME ET AMOUR' EMBLEMATIC OF WATER AND FIRE

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER LOUIS SAUVAGEAU (B.1822)

Closed20 November 2012

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A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE GROUPS OF 'FEMME ET AMOUR' EMBLEMATIC OF WATER AND FIRE
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER LOUIS SAUVAGEAU (B.1822)
Each signed 'Sauvageau' on black marble bases
18 in. (46 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

Louis Sauvageau exhibited at the salon from 1848 to 1874. The present pair of bronze groups are conceived in the spirit of the mid-18th century and are emblematic of water (or autumn) and fire (or winter). See P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siecle, Paris, 2005, p. 647.