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Lot 207 PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION OF GARDEN STATUARY AND ORNAMENT PART II
A LARGE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED 'L'ECRITURE'
CAST BY VAL D'OSNE FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Closed18 April 2013
Price Realised
USD 10,000
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Specialist note
The present lot was originally conceived with a female pendant figure, entitled Lecture. Both Moreau models are illustrated in the Val D'Osne foundry catalogue and a pair of figures cast by the foundry sold Sotheby's, London, 13 November 2007, lot 146 (£18,500).