Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) - Lot 10

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) Crouching Flora n°1 Circa 1870 Bronze with brown patina Signed "Carpeaux. SC. " Stamped "PROPRIETE CARPEAUX". H. 51 cm This crouching Flora is an adaptation of the Triomphe de Flore figure created as part of a series of sculptures commissioned from Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux by Napoleon III in 1863 to adorn the south façade of the Pavillon de Flore in the Louvre. Carpeaux was already thinking of publishing the model in 1869. Our bronze is part of the first edition of the model produced by the sculptor's studio from 1869 onwards. The family first, then the Susse firm, continued to publish this emblematic work by the Valenciennes sculptor. Related works : - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Le Printemps dit Flore accroupie, 1870, terracotta proof, signed "JBt Carpeaux" on the terrace, H. 52 x W. 31 x D. 30 cm, Valenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 98.26.7. - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Le Printemps dit Flore accroupie, 1873, marble, signed "JBt Carpeaux" and inscribed "Baudet. Paris", H. 104.2 x W. 56.4 x D. 69.4 cm, Valenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. S.Y.123. - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Flore accroupie, circa 1869, plaster, signed "J.B.Carpeaux", H. 52 x W. 29 x 32 cm, Paris, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, inv. PPS1565. Related literature : Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Car- peaux, sculpteur. Catalog raisonné de l'œuvre édité, Paris, Les Expressions Contemporaines, 2003, model listed under no. SE 10, p. 87.