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51 - Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875) Study for Ugolin and his …
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Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875) Study for Ugolin and his children Posthumous edition by Maison Susse from 1935. Green patina bronze proof. Signed "Jb Carpeaux" on the front of the terrace. Bears the publisher's circular insert, the founder's mark "Susse Frères Éditeurs Paris" and the number "8". Marked "Cire perdue" and stamped "BRONZE" on the back. Height 47 cm; Width: 31.5 cm; Depth: 21 cm (terrace) Provenance : - Marché de l'art, Paris, October 1997; - Collection D., from a private mansion on the Right Bank. Related literature: - Édouard PAPET, James David DRAPPER, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875), un sculpteur pour l'empire, cat. exp., Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 24 June-28 September 2014, Paris, co-edition Musée d'Orsay/Gallimard, 2014, model listed under no. 42, pp. 67-84. - Michel POLETTI, Alain RICHARME, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculpteur. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre édité, Paris, Les Expressions contemporaines, 2003, model listed under no. ES16, p. 170. Ugolin was the last work Carpeaux sent from the Villa Medici in Rome, where he was a resident. At the end of three years' work, Carpeaux completed his work, which he considered to be one of his most accomplished. To "express the most violent passions and attach to them the most delicate tenderness" inspired by this subject taken from Dante's Inferno (Canto XXXIII), Carpeaux blended the strength of Michelangelo with the secular models of the Roman Empire. Michelangelo's strength with the age-old models of the ancient Laocoon and Dürer's Melencolia. This terrible example of filial devotion was not to the taste of the Institut, which, informed by the director of the Villa Medici, asked Carpeaux to modify his project. In a rage, Carpeaux destroyed his statue before gluing it back together again. 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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