- -zł800.00
Passion carved in bone on a wooden cross with polychrome. Made by a renowned French sculptor, intricately worked realistic details.
Academicism, France, late 19th century
Sculpture: Length 25 cm, width 18 cm. Cross: 45.5 x 22 cm.
Condition visible in the photos, very good, three toes glued in the past.
+CRUISE, Clovis DELACOUR (1859-1929), France, late 19th century
zł4,200.00
zł3,400.00
Save zł800.00
Passion carved in bone on a wooden cross with polychrome. Made by a renowned French sculptor, intricately worked realistic details.
Academicism, France, late 19th century
Sculpture: Length 25 cm, width 18 cm. Cross: 45.5 x 22 cm.
Condition visible in the photos, very good, three toes glued in the past.
Description
Clovis DELACOUR (1859-1929) - French sculptor born in Châtillon-sur-Seine, he developed his artistic career in Paris, where he studied with the sculptor Augustin-Jean Moreau-Vauthier, famous mainly for his intimate works in bone. In 1892 he joined the Société des Artistes Français, participated in the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, and also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. His works can be found in numerous museums around the world, for example the work Nude with Butterfly is in The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and the work Andromeda in the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool.
auction results:
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/sculptures-statues-figures/clovis-delacour-pysche-6079622-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6079622&sid=7b8820b9-5ffa-408b-920e-4bb8be847468
https://www.debaecque.fr/lot/27851/6149716