Alfred-Auguste JANNIOT (1889 - 1969) - Lot 63

Alfred-Auguste JANNIOT (1889 - 1969) "Tête de nymphe", model created circa 1919-1924. Proof in patinated white stone, engraved and enhanced with polychromy (chip on reverse, wear to polychromy). Signed A. Janniot. Height: 36 cm History: our model can be compared with the head of the nymph on the right of the sculpted group entitled "Hommage à Jean Goujon" or "Printemps" (Musée Calouste-Gulbenkian, n°inv. 2333), which was presented by Janniot in front of the entrance to the Pavillon du Collectionneur at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs & Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925. A similar model with fewer traces of polychromy is in the collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (n°inv. AMVP 3254). Bibliography: Collectif, Alfred Auguste Janniot, 1889 - 1969, Somogy éditions d'art, Paris, 2003, variant of our plaster model referenced and reproduced on p. 15. Fabienne Fravalo & Michel Giraud, Alfred Janniot - Propos mythologiques et modernes, Galerie Michel Giraud éditions, Paris, 2006, bronze variant of our model referenced and reproduced on p. 35. Collectif, Alfred Janniot à la gloire de Nice, Galerie Michel Giraud éditions, Paris, 2007, variant of our model referenced under no. 8 and reproduced on p. 74. Collectif, Alfred Janniot Monumental, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2022, bust variant of our model reproduced on p. 16.