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65 - Jean OSOUF (1898-1996) Coralie, half-figure Model made betwe…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Jean OSOUF (1898-1996) Coralie, half-figure Model made between 1935-1945 Proof in bronze with brown patina. Signed "J.OSOUF" and numbered "1/10" on the back. (A small chip on the back left edge of the base). Height Height : 32 cm On a portor marble base (total height: 36.5 cm) Provenance : - Art market, Ile de France, 1981 ; - Collection D., from a private mansion on the Right Bank. Jean Osouf was a self-taught member of the Group of Nine, along with Paul Cornet, Raymond Corbin and Marcel Damboise, among others. A bookseller and hero of the First World War, it was Aristide Maillol who convinced him of his talent for sculpture. Osouf then attended the Scandinavian Academy where he studied under Charles Despiau. After the 1937 Universal Exhibition, where his statue L'Éveil (The Awakening) received rave reviews from the critics, he embarked on a career as a sculptor influenced by medieval art. From 1935 to 1945, Jean Osouf produced numerous works of his model Coralie. These busts and heads were an opportunity for the sculptor to study the behaviour and character of the young girl with delicate veracity. On the subject of these female busts, the art critic Waldemar George remarked, "Osouf rediscovers in his busts of young girls the sinuous smile of the Angel of Reims, that 'vincien' smile avant la lettre which is one of the emblems of French culture". Expert: Alexandre LACROIX & Élodie JEANNEST DE GYVES I Cabinet LACROIX-JEANNEST
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About the sale Modern drawings, paintings & sculptures - 20th century decorative arts & design
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 2:00 PM
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