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Premium Léonard Agathon VAN WEYDEVELDT known as Agathon LEONARD (184…
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Léonard Agathon VAN WEYDEVELDT known as Agathon LEONARD (184…
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Lot no. 35
Description
Léonard Agathon VAN WEYDEVELDT known as Agathon LEONARD (1841-1923) after
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A chryselephantine proof with an antique medal patina, partially gilded and enhanced with coloured enamel cabochons, the upper part of the body carved from elephant ivory (Elephas maximus, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis).
N° XVIII on the back of the base.
Longitudinal groove on the right arm, thumb of right hand missing, shawl detached.
France, first quarter of the 20th century
Total height: 33 cm
Gross weight: 1816 g
Reference public exhibitions :
A copy of this model was presented at the Salon National des Beaux-arts in Paris in 1908.
Comparative bibliography on the subject :
- BÖSTGE Ingelore, Agathon Léonard, le geste Art Nouveau, Somogy éditions, Paris, 2003. Pp. 80 and 81.
- KJELLBERG Pierre, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005. Version without sash reproduced on page 458.
Comparative examples at public sale:
- Paris, Ader, 3 December 2015, No. 15, for a similar example numbered XXXVI.Object composed in whole or in part of ivory of proboscidean elephantidae SPP (Elephas Maximus, Loxodonta Africana or Loxodonta Cyclotis) classified in Annex I/A Cites/EU. In accordance with the regulations in force in the European Union (Regulation (EU) no. 2021/2280 of 16/12/21), the object will be delivered to the buyer with its Intra-Community Certificate FR2507512084-K issued by the DREAL on 26/06/2025, linked to the expert report drawn up by Mr Pierre Grignon Dumoulin, legal expert in objects of art made from materials derived from biodiversity, approved agent. Re-exportation outside the EU prohibited with the exception of state cultural institutions upon justification.
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