Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A LIFE-SIZE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED 'FAUNE CHASSEUR'
Lot 216 PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION OF GARDEN STATUARY AND ORNAMENT PART II

A LIFE-SIZE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED 'FAUNE CHASSEUR'

CAST BY VAL D'OSNE FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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A LIFE-SIZE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED 'FAUNE CHASSEUR'
CAST BY VAL D'OSNE FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Stamped VAL D'OSNE/58 BD VOLTAIRE PARIS
72½ in. (184 cm.) high

Specialist note

The Moreau family of artist and sculptors is vast, comprising sculptors Mathurin and Auguste, among others. Though little is known of collaboration among the individual artists, it is interesting to note that Mathurin's Faune chasseur appears in Adrien Moreau's (d. 1906) idyllic painting Pomenade en barque.