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Agathon LÉONARD (1841–1923) (Léonard Agathon Van Weydeveldt,…
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Agathon LÉONARD (1841–1923) (Léonard Agathon Van Weydeveldt,…
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Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
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Description
Agathon LÉONARD (1841–1923) (Léonard Agathon Van Weydeveldt, known as)
Dancer with a tambourine, large-scale model, c. 1900
Bronze sculpture with a golden patina. Signed and bearing the foundry mark of Susse Frères Editeurs, Paris.
Note: In 1898, the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres commissioned Agathon Léonard to create a biscuit porcelain table centrepiece, which it would present at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris. A resounding success, this composition depicted a ‘Jeu de l’écharpe’ and consisted of fifteen statuettes representing dancers in pleated dresses. These evoked the choreographies of the famous dancer Loïe Fuller. The statuettes were subsequently marketed in two sizes by Sèvres and, from 1901 onwards, were cast in bronze by the Parisian foundry Susse Frères.
Bibliography:
- Pierre KJELLBERG, “19th-Century Bronzes – Dictionary of Sculptors”, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2001, variant on p. 432
- Ingelore BÖSTGE, Emmanuelle HÉRAN, Agathon Léonard: The Art Nouveau Gesture, Somogy, 2003, p. 68, No. 49
H: 57 cm
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About the sale
Special Auction: 20th-Century Art
Auction location
Auction time
09/28/2026 at 3:00 PM
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