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PARISIAN STREET FOUNTAIN Cast iron, painted in...

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PARISIAN STREET FOUNTAIN Cast iron, painted in green, the circular basin with flowers on a fluted baluster pedestal the circular base resting on a rectangular sheath decorated with a female mask and of a female mask and foliage, housing the tap (missing), on a square base. Second half of the 19th century. Marked A. DURENNE Paris. Second half of the 19th century. 120,5 x 38,5 cm. The foundry of Antoine Durenne held a preponderant place in the French art casting, thanks to an irreproachable technical quality and its close collaboration with artists such as Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Emmanuel Frémiet, Mathurin Moreau, Auguste Bartholdi, or Hector Guimard at Castel Béranger. With him, cast iron and ornamental iron acquired its title of nobility