Lot n° 118
Estimation :
500 - 700
EUR
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Result
: 750EUR
Gustave VIOLET (1873 - 1952) "Le Jardin des Hespérides", mod - Lot 118
Gustave VIOLET (1873 - 1952) "Le Jardin des Hespérides", model created circa 1914. Terracotta planter with curved tubular body on stepped annular heel. Decorated in semi-relief with a frieze of nymphs and goats through stylized trees (small chips at the foot). Label from the exhibition "Perpignan au temps des Bausil" dated 2006 on the reverse. Height: 25 cm - Diameter: 26.5 cm Small chips, wear, stains.
History: model exhibited in Perpignan (2006) and Sitges (2018). Bibliography: Mònica Batlle & Ramon Gual, Gustave Violet - Catalogue des oeuvres d'un artiste catalan, singulier et pluriel, témoin de son temps, Biblioteca de Catalunya Nord XVI Terra Nostra & I.C.R.E.S - Universitat de Perpinyà, 2018, similar model reproduced p. 323. Collectif, Le sculpteur Gustave Violet - Art, pensée et territoire, catalog of the eponymous exhibition presented from July 6 to October 21, 2018 at the Musée de Maricel in Sitges, Consorci del Patrimoni de Sitges, Sitges, 2018, similar model referenced and reproduced p. 158.
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