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143 - Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 – Courbevoie, 187…
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Estimate €15,000 - €20,000
Description
Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 – Courbevoie, 1875) The Dance (sketch) Bronze with a nuanced brown patina Signed and dated ‘JBte Carpeaux 1869’ on the plinth Bears the foundry mark ‘CIRE / PERDUE / AA HEBRARD’ and is numbered ‘6’ on the plinth Height: 53.5 cm Dance (sketch), bronze, signed and dated, by J.-B. Carpeaux H.: 21.06 in. Provenance: Acquired from the Hébrard Foundry by Sir Davis in 1930; Vivienne & Arnold Haskell Collection; Then passed down through the family; Private collection, Strasbourg Exhibitions: Arnold Haskell Collection of Sculptures and Related Drawings, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1960, sculpture exhibit no. 4 Bibliography: Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, *Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Sculptor: A Catalogue Raisonné of Published Works*, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2003, mentioned in ES 7, p. 157, as proof no. 6 of the posthumous bronze editions by A. A. Hébrard. Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 – Courbevoie, 1875)
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About the sale Old Masters & 19th-century masters
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Auction time 11/10/2026 at 4:00 PM
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