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Adrien-Etienne GAUDEZ (Lyon, 1845 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1902)…
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Adrien-Etienne GAUDEZ (Lyon, 1845 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1902)…
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Adrien-Etienne GAUDEZ (Lyon, 1845 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1902), La Fortune récompense le Travail - Large bronze group with brown patina, titled, signed and inscribed "hors-concours" in a scalloped cartouche on the front, countersigned "A Gaudez" on the right-hand side - H. 76 cm D. 33 cm approx. (patina wear and stains, good overall condition)
BIOGRAPHY: "He entered the Beaux-Arts in 1862 and made his debut at the Salon two years later. In 1870, while a prisoner of war in Magdeburg, Germany, he sculpted the monument to the French soldiers who died in captivity, which was erected in the town cemetery. He was also responsible for the Florian in Alès, the monument to the dead in Remiremont and the Moissonneur (a bronze statue for the Parc Monceau). At the Salon, his bronzes were few in number. Apart from the Moissonneur (1880), we can only mention Pro patria (1884), Les Premiers Imprimeurs (1888), Watteau (1890), Le Génie de l'Electricité (1897) and Le Faucheur (1899). However, it seems that many of his works were cast in bronze, judging by the proofs reported in various books and catalogues, or dispersed at public auction, notably in a sale organised, no doubt by the sculptor himself, on 3 October 1883. This sale included terracottas and bronzes", Pierre KJELLBERG
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