Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX
( 1827 - 1875 )
LES TROIS GRÂCES (1873-1874)
Bacchante au lierre, Bacchante aux roses and Bacchante aux lauriers.
Terracotta with pinkish patina, "Atelier-Dépôt à Auteuil, 71 rue Boileau, Paris".
H. 79,2 cm L. 44,5 cm D. 36 cm
Trial example, earlier version prior to the final composition, signed ‘J B-te Carpeaux’ and dated “1873” with "Propriété Carpeaux" seal : variations in the respective positioning of the Bacchantes with laurel and ivy, and a variation in the right leg of the latter; vibrations in the particularly subtle modelling of the figures; sketch-like modelling, rough indications in the central plant stem, the quiver, and the laurel, ivy and rose leaves crowning the Bacchants, with an improvised rose in a different position than the edited examples. Artist’s intervention.
Kilned in 1873
Terracotta with pinkish patina, "Atelier-Dépôt à Auteuil, 71 rue Boileau, Paris".
H. 79,2 cm L. 44,5 cm D. 36 cm
Trial example, earlier version prior to the final composition, signed ‘J B-te Carpeaux’ and dated “1873” with "Propriété Carpeaux" seal : variations in the respective positioning of the Bacchantes with laurel and ivy, and a variation in the right leg of the latter; vibrations in the particularly subtle modelling of the figures; sketch-like modelling, rough indications in the central plant stem, the quiver, and the laurel, ivy and rose leaves crowning the Bacchants, with an improvised rose in a different position than the edited examples. Artist’s intervention.
Kilned in 1873
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