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Since, the poem of the iron has spread, generations have loved the glory of the blacksmith, the subtle poets, and the
harsh times have also celebrated the dazzling furnace, the flight of the fairy-sparkles, the silhouette of the man with
the hammer in the warm life of the semi-darkness. – J.H. ROSNY, “LES OUVRIERS FORGERONS,” i n LES TYPES DE PARIS
20 Jean-François Raffaëlli
F R E N C H , 1 8 5 0 — 1 9 2 4
LES FORGERONS BUVANT
signed J.F. RAFFAELLI (lower left)
foundry mark: Eug. Blot Paris
cast bronze with dark brown patina
9 7/8 by 7 ³/₄ in. (25 by 19.6 cm.)
PR O V E N A NC E
David & Constance Yates, New York
LI T ER A T U R E
Gustave Kahn, “Les éditions Blot,” Le Siècle, December 29, 1905, p. 1
Arsène Alexandre, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Paris, 1909, p. 230
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