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Pierre-Jules MÈNE (1810–1879)
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Pierre-Jules MÈNE (1810–1879)
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Pierre-Jules MÈNE (1810–1879)
Jockey on horseback No. 1
Patinated bronze
Signed and dated 1863 on the plinth
H. 43 cm
Bibliography:
- Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Pierre-Jules Mêne, catalogue
raisonné, Paris, Univers du Bronze, 2007, p. 43, model
listed under no. F 14
- Pierre Kjellberg, *Les Bronzes du XIXe siècle*, p. 476 - Jane
Horswell, *Bronze Sculpture of Les Animaliers*, Woodbridge,
1971, pp. 162–3
One of the earliest sculpted depictions of horse racing
in the 19th century. Exhibited at the 1863 Salon under the
title ‘Winner of the Derby’.
See original version (French)
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