Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904) - Lot 26

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Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904) - Lot 26
Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904) The hoop player Bronze with golden patina. Signed J.L GEROME on the front of the terrace. Bears the stamp of the founder SIOT DECAUVILLE and the number 1376 H. 22 cm RELATED WORK : Jean-Léon Gérôme, Tanagra, 1890, statue in polychrome marble, H. 154,7 cm, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, inv. RF 2514, LUX 52 RELATED LITERATURE : Gerald M. Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Courbevoie, ACR édition, 1986, model listed under S.21, p. 316 Jean-Léon Gérome is using the small statuette of his large plaster Tanagra in the Musée d'Orsay (inv. RF 2514, LUX 52). He modified a few details and in his own opinion considered it "better studied as far as the nude is concerned". This statuette was a great success with the public. The model was produced in several editions, in polychrome marble, polychrome plaster, porcelain and gilded bronze cast by Siot-Decauville
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