Auction on
17 December 2021 - 14:00 (CET) -
Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The sculptor of the Second French Empire, Charles Cordier, produced a large number of Orientalist busts and statues. Our two master models were used to create emblematic works.
Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827-1905), Arab of El Aghouat and Arab Sheikh of Cairo, master models in bronze with a brown patina, c. 1856 and 1866, height 48 and 47 cm (18.9 and 18.51 in), pedestal: 14 cm (5.52 in). Estimate: €20,000/€30,000
Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827-1905), Arab of El Aghouat and Arab Sheikh of Cairo, master models in bronze with a brown patina, c. 1856 and 1866, height 48 and 47 cm (18.9 and 18.51 in), pedestal: 14 cm (5.52 in). Estimate: €20,000/€30,000
They have not left the artist’s family for over a hundred and fifty years, and we hardly dared imagine their existence: these two master models made by Charles Cordier (1827-1905) were the basis of works that are now on show in museums. Indeed, the Arab of El Aghouat , dressed in a turban and a burnoose in marble-onyx, is currently exhibited at the Musée d’Orsay . The…
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