Charles AUFFRET (1929-2001) - Lot 136

Lot 136
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Charles AUFFRET (1929-2001) - Lot 136
Charles AUFFRET (1929-2001) Draped Figure, or Meditation, 1965 Bronze print, No. 8. Lost wax casting Jean-Marc Bodin. Signed CH. AUFFRET. 43 x 10.5 x 8 cm BIBLIOGRAPHIE : - François Roussier (préf.), Charles Auffret (1929-2001), Sculptures-dessins, cat.exp., Voiron, Musée Mainssieux (30 March-8 September 2002), Paris, 2002, repr. - Charles Auffret, Rome, villa Médicis (9 May - 15 July 2007), Paris, Somogy éditions d'art, 2007, repr. p.38. EXPOSITIONS : - Charles Auffret (1929-2001), Sculptures-dessins, Musée Mainssieux, Voiron, 30 March - 8 September 2002. - Charles Auffret, Rome, Villa Medici, 9 May-15 June 2007, p.38, repr. The Draped Figure is the sketch for the Virgin placed in the church of Rochefort-en-Yvelines. Commissioned from Charles Auffret by the parish, the statue of the Virgin, made of wood in a larger-than-life size, is still housed in the church today. From its creation, Charles Auffret gave the sketch of the Virgin a life independent of that of the finished work. Named Draped Figure or The Meditation, it is published in bronze, and presented in the exhibitions of artiste : Stockholm, 1970; Blois, 1979; Paris, 1986; Brest, 1995.
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