








Lot 25W
Jean-Léon Gérôme(French, 1824-1904)Sélène Height: 28in (71cm)
8 July 2020, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$6,000 - US$8,000
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Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)
Sélène
inscribed 'GÉROME' (on the base); stamped 'Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris' and numbered '7399' (on the base); inscribed with title in Greek (on the front)
bronze with brown, black, and gold patina
Height: 28in (71cm)
inscribed 'GÉROME' (on the base); stamped 'Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris' and numbered '7399' (on the base); inscribed with title in Greek (on the front)
bronze with brown, black, and gold patina
Height: 28in (71cm)
Footnotes
Executed circa 1890.
Literature
Gerald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paris, 2000, No. S.32, pp. 392-393, illustrated.
This bust of the Moon Goddess Selene rarely appears at auction, with the last sale recorded in 1997. Gérôme featured the bronze in his 1892 painting Le travail du marbre, where it is seen sitting on a cabinet at center left of the composition.