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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904)
Lion of Belfort
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153
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904)
Lion of Belfort
Cast …
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904)
Lion of Belfort
Cast between 1894 and 1901
Bronze with brown patina shaded with green
Signed "ABartholdi" on the left side of the terrace
Bears the founder's stamp "THIEBAUT FRERES / FONDEURS / PARIS" on the back of the terrace
H. 35 cm, terrace W. 54 x D. 15 cm
Related works :
-Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Le lion de Belfort ou Monument à la mémoire des victimes du siège de 1870, 1875-1880, Perugia pink sandstone, H. 11 x W. 22 m, Belfort; -Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Le lion de Belfort, 1878-1880, repoussé copper, H. 3.3 x W. 7.3 m, Paris, place Denfert-Rochereau.
Related literature:
-Régis Hubert, Bartholdi: le lion, cat. exhibition, Colmar, Musée Bartholdi, 5 June-5 September 2004, Belfort, Musée d'art et d'histoire, 18 September 2004, 2 January 2005, Colmar, Musée Bartholdi, 2004.
In 1872, the town of Belfort asked the Alsatian sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi to create a monument commemorating the victory of the French army during the siege of the town by the German Empire in February 1871. Having himself taken part in the Franco-Prussian war, Bartholdi sculpted a monumental lion in pink sandstone overlooking the town.
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