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PIERRE-JULES MÈNE (1810–1875) African Hunter No. 2, 1877 mod…
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PIERRE-JULES MÈNE (1810–1875) African Hunter No. 2, 1877 mod…
See original version (French)
Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
Voluntary lot
Description
PIERRE-JULES MÈNE (1810–1875)
African Hunter No. 2, 1877 model
Bronze cast with a nuanced brown patina
Signed on the pedestal
Early edition cast
51.5 x 41.5 x 19 cm
Provenance
Private collection
Bibliography
Pierre Kjellberg, ‘Les bronzes du XIXe siècle : dictionnaire des sculpteurs’, Les éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1987, model reproduced on page 477, no. 5
Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, ‘Pierre-Jules Mène, 1810–1879: Catalogue Raisonné’, Paris, 2007, model listed under no. F 9 and reproduced on page 37 (ill. 24)
Brown patinated bronze
Signed on the base
Ancient cast
20 1/4 x 16 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
See original version (French)
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