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10 - Lucienne GILLET-DUVAL (1883–1962).
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Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
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Description
Lucienne GILLET-DUVAL (1883–1962). Seated young woman, probably Palès, circa 1906? Plaster Dimensions: 132 x 70.5 x 95 cm Minor damage (notably to the thumb of the right hand and the toes of the right foot), dust and soiling Provenance: the artist’s studio in Voutenay-sur-Cure; then passed down through inheritance; remained on the property after the house was sold in 1979; then a private collection. Exhibition: likely the plaster statue entitled *Palès*, exhibited at the 1906 Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts under no. 1796. The statue depicts a young woman seated in an academic style: her hair drawn up into a bun to reveal her face, one shoulder bare where a dress strap has slipped, drapery falling in heavy folds over her legs, bare feet, her gaze lowered, in a meditative and melancholic pose, one hand resting in the folds of the fabric. It almost certainly corresponds to the entry submitted in 1906 entitled *Palès*, named after the Roman deity — sometimes female, sometimes male — protector of shepherds, herds and the rural economy, although the figure lacks any iconographic attributes that would precisely identify this subject. Louis Legendre, in the supplement to *Le Figaro*, places Gillet’s entry alongside the most prominent names in the art world of the period — ‘Jean Dampt, de Saint-Marceaux, d’Escoula, de Michel-Cazin, de Bourdelle, Injalbert’ — before concluding: ‘These fine entries still warrant comment: — the lovely seated figure by Mademoiselle Lucienne Gillet…’ A deposit of 10 per cent of the lower estimate will be required for each lot in this sale. Please contact our office.
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About the sale CLAUDEL, GILLET-DUVAL and a few abstract works
Auction location
Auction time 09/20/2026 at 3:00 PM
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Lot description modified on 08/25/2026 at 3:03 PM
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