
Lot 14
Louis Ernest Barrias(French, 1841-1905)Jeune Fille de bou Saada Height: 12in (30.5cm), on a 2in (5cm) red marble base
8 July 2020, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$10,000 - US$15,000
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Louis Ernest Barrias (French, 1841-1905)
Jeune Fille de bou Saada
inscribed with signature 'L. Barrias' and founder's mark 'Susse frs. / Edt. a Paris' (on the base)
bronze with gold-brown patina
Height: 12in (30.5cm), on a 2in (5cm) red marble base
inscribed with signature 'L. Barrias' and founder's mark 'Susse frs. / Edt. a Paris' (on the base)
bronze with gold-brown patina
Height: 12in (30.5cm), on a 2in (5cm) red marble base
Footnotes
The model for this bronze was initially conceived by Barrias in 1890 as a life-size sculpture for the grave of the Orientalist painter Gustave Guillaumet, who died in 1887. For this work, Barrias found inspiration in Guillaumet's painting The Weavers of Bou Saada, but the delicate hand movement with which the girl spreads flowers onto Guillaumet's tomb was a typical motif occurring in Barrias' gracious Belle-Epoque works.