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Puys or The Vignette Fish…
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)
Puys or The Vignette Fish…
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Lot no. 48
Description
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)
Puys or The Vignette Fisherwoman
Model created in 1874; published by the studio from the same date
Bronze with brown patina
Signed, located and dated "JB. Capreaux Dieppe 1874".
Stamped "PROPRIETE CARPEAUX" with an imperial eagle Titled "PUYS".
H. 72.5 cm
The model for The Vignette Fisherwoman was born of the artist's encounter with a young fisherwoman. Carpeaux was very ill and staying at Puys (near Dieppe), where his friend Alexandre Dumas had provided him with a studio. In a letter to Bruno Chérier, he recounted his meeting with the young girl, whom he then invited to pose for him: "... I saw from the top of the carriage an admirable leg emerge from under the rags that only went down to the knees...". This was the last model he made for the publishing house before his death the following year. It was used by his workshop from 1874.
Related work :
-Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, La pêcheuse de vignots, 1874, terracotta patinated plaster, H. 74.3 x W. 25 x D. 20.5 cm, Valenciennes, Musée des beaux-arts, inv. S. 92.34
Related literature :
-Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculpteur. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre édité, Paris, Les Expressions contemporaines, 2003, model listed under n°SE 18, p. 95.
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