Constantin Meunier (1831-1905) - Lot 80

Constantin Meunier (1831-1905) Workers of the sea Circa 1898 High relief in patinated gum-coated plaster lacquer H. 11 x L. 21.5 cm Related works: -Constantin Meunier and Mario Knauer, Monument au Travail, 1930, Brussels ; -Constantin Meunier, Les Travailleurs de la mer, 1893, bronze bas-relief, B. Verbeyst cast. Verbeyst, signed and dated "C. MEUNIER 1893", H. 61 x W. 95 x D. 93 cm, Douai, Musée de la Chartreuse, inv. 2827; -Constantin Meunier, Travailleurs de la mer, 1898, bronze high relief, B. Verbeyst cast. Verbeyst, H. 59.5 x W. 98 x D. 14.5 cm, Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, inv. 3682 ; -Constantin Meunier, Les travailleurs de la mer, 1898, bronze, H. 59 x W. 96 x D. 13.2 cm, Montreal, Musée des beaux-arts, inv. 2000.7. Bibliography : -Francisca Vandepitte, Constantin Meunier, 1831-1905, cat. exp. Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, September 20, 2014-January 11, 2015, Tielt, Lannoo, 2014, work listed under no. 140, p. 298.