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Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838 - 1902)
Kiss or Nymph and Faun
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Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838 - 1902)
Kiss or Nymph and Faun
Sketch…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838 - 1902)
Kiss or Nymph and Faun
Sketch in terracotta
Signed "DALOU" on the terrace at the back
H. 15 cm
On a Plexiglas base
Provenance: Fonds Auguste Becker, Dalou's practitioner; acquired from the Galerie Delestre in 1981,
private collection.
Related literature
Amélie Simier, Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République, Paris, Paris Musées, cat. exp. Paris, Petit
Palais, 18 April-13 July 2013, 2013, p. 12,13 and p.426-427, n°350
Related works:
-Aimé Jules Dalou, Aimé Jules Dalou, Baiser ou Nymphe et Faune, between 1890 and 1894, patinated plaster,
dim. 42 x 22 x 18 cm, inscriptions on the plinth: 287 and on a label in ink: "550", Paris,
musée du Petit Palais, n°inv. PPS00334;
-Aimé Jules Dalou, Baiser ou Nymphe et Faune, between 1890 and 1894, small bronze group on a green marble base, signed Dalou.
signed Dalou and bears the founder's stamp "Cire perdue Hébrard", dim.41,9 x17,8 x20,5 cm, Paris, musée d'Orsay, n°inv.RF 2473.
This terracotta sketch is part of the genesis of Aimé Jules Dalou's model entitled Nymphe
et Faune ou le Baiser. This small studio study shows certain variations from the more dynamic fnalised
more dynamic and in which the constraint of the embrace appears more clearly.
This subject, which is very attractive to sculpture enthusiasts, was published posthumously under contract
between the famous publisher Hébrard and the Dalou heirs on 31 December 1902. Our sketch
comes from the Becker collection. Auguste Becker, Dalou's practitioner and friend, was commissioned
the artist's executors to carve the marbles and supervise the posthumous editions of the bronzes.
posthumous editions of the bronzes. He kept most of the documentation from Dalou's workshop
to ensure these prerogatives. A contract was signed between Becker and the Dalou heirs in
Dalou in February 1908 for a marble edition of the finished group of The Kiss.
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