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pair of bronze figurines of a woman holding a fan and a bird
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54 - AGATHON LEONARD (1841–1923) (ALSO KNOWN AS LEONARD VAN WEYDE…
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Estimate €4,000 - €8,000
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AGATHON LEONARD (1841–1923) (ALSO KNOWN AS LEONARD VAN WEYDEVELD) Singing Dancer No. 2 and Dancer with a Daisy No. 7, size No. 3, models derived from the series *Le Jeu de l’écharpe* created around [1900] and exhibited at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair Two decorative sculptures. Bronze casts with a medal-like patina. Early Art Nouveau-era casts. Bases in Levanto marble. Each sculpture is signed ‘LEONARD Sclp.’ and bearing the stamp of SUSSE Frères Editeurs Paris, surmounted by an ‘M’ on one, at the base of the garment. Height of sculptures alone: 25.5 cm Height including bases: 29.5 cm Public collections and related works: - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne Another bronze cast of the Singing Dancer (no. 2), size no. 1, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number Ov 69. - Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt Another bronze cast of the Dancer with a Daisy (no. 7), size no. 1, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number Pl. 64: 5. - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims Another bronze cast of the *Dancer with a Daisy* (no. 7), size no. 2, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number 941.3.218. Exhibition and related works: Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Paris, Grand Palais, 1901. Six bronze figurines from the *Danse de l’écharpe* series were exhibited at this event. Bibliography: - *The Works of the Sèvres Manufactory 1738–1932*, Volume II, *Modern Sculpture*, *Editions de la Manufacture*, Sèvres, c. 1932. Biscuit test casts of our sculpture models, listed under catalogue numbers 1167 and 1172, and reproduced on plate 7. - Alastair Duncan The Paris Salons 1895–1914 Volume IV: Ceramics & Glass Antique Collectors’ Club, 1998. Bisque test pieces of our sculpture models reproduced on pages 393 and 394. - Ingelore Böstge; with the assistance of Emmanuelle Héran Agathon Léonard, the Art Nouveau style Catalogue of the exhibition held at La Piscine André-Diligent Museum of Art and Industry, Roubaix (11 March 9 June 2003); at the Musée départemental de l’Oise, Beauvais (25 June 26 October 2003), Somogy Editions d’art, Paris, 2003. Other bronze casts of our sculptural models, in various sizes, listed under numbers 35–38, 51 and 52 in the catalogue, and reproduced on pages 62, 63 and 69.
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