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ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE (FRENCH, 1824-1887)
Bust of a maiden
signed A. CARRIER to the reverse, mounted on an ebonized wooden base
terracotta
27Ω in. (70 cm.) high, 16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide
Circa 1875-1880.
$3,000-5,000
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Carrier-Belleuse Le Maître de Rodin, exhibition catalogue, 22 May – 27 October
2014, Compiègne, 2014, p. 53, cat. 33.
The present lot is an exquisite example of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse’s
ability create highly textured and often sinuous fabrics out of firm materials.
The intricate and delicate tracery of her crown is reminiscent of an example
depicting the Comtesse de Castiglione, in the collection of Lucile Audouy,
Paris, dated to 1864 (illustrated, Carrier-Belleuse Le Maître de Rodin,
exhibition catalogue, 22 May – 27 October 2014, Compiègne, 2014, p.57, cat.
39). The Comtesse famously posed for a photograph taken by Pierre-Louis
Pierson after a ball at the Tuileries on February 9, 1863, dressed in what was
considered a scandalous costume as the Queen of Etruria. This served as
inspiration for various works by Carrier-Belleuse, the cited example executed
in terracotta mounted with bronze colored accents. Another example with
beautifully drawn lace is in the collection of the Château de Compiègne
(illustrated op cit. p. 53).

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE
DESSERTE
CIRCA 1785
The rectangular white marble top above a frieze drawer, with marble inset
medial shelf, supported on tapering fluted legs, with incised '75' to front right
corner under marble
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 48 in. (122 cm.) wide, 21Ω in. (55 cm.) deep
$10,000-15,000

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