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Jean-Léon GEROME ( 1824 - 1904 )

 LA JOUEUSE DE BOULES (1902)

Marble with colored wax retouches
H : 82 cm, L : 40,5 cm, D : 32 cm
Polychromed example (hair, lips, masks, base, balls …)    
signed "J.-L. Gerome" on the base side.
Circa 1902-1904

One of both marble examples identified in this condition and size

Three other marbles identified :
91cm high white marble uncolored
69 cm high with colored wax currently at the Fine Arts museum of Caen (inv. 309)
163 cm high Natural scale polychrome marble exhibited at the Salon (sold at Sotheby's 2021)
 

Jean-Léon GEROME