Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A FRENCH BRONZE-PATINATED CAST-IRON FIGURAL GROUP, ENTITLED 'LE PETIT CHAPERON ROUGE' (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD)
Lot 203 PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION OF GARDEN STATUARY AND ORNAMENT PART II

A FRENCH BRONZE-PATINATED CAST-IRON FIGURAL GROUP, ENTITLED 'LE PETIT CHAPERON ROUGE' (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD)

CAST BY DENONVILLIERS FROM A MODEL BY ANNA LATRY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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A FRENCH BRONZE-PATINATED CAST-IRON FIGURAL GROUP, ENTITLED 'LE PETIT CHAPERON ROUGE' (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD)
CAST BY DENONVILLIERS FROM A MODEL BY ANNA LATRY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Signed ANNA LATRY and with foundry mark inscribed FONDU PAR/MAURICE DENONVILLERS
53½ in. (136 cm.) high, 33 in. (83.5 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Though little is known of Anna Latry's oeuvre and career, the artist favored whimsical and charming subjects such as the present lot. Latry first exhibited the bronze group Le Petite Chaperon Rouge at the 1889 Paris Salon (no. 4589) and then again in 1893 (no. 3060). In 1888, Latry exhibited a figure of Cendrillon (Cinderella), undoubtedly drawing inspiration from Charles Perrault's Les contes du temps passé and Les contes de ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose Tales).