Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902) Desperate Bronze... Lot 38

Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902) Desperate Bronze with brown patina. Signed DALOU on the base. Bears the mark of the founder Susse Fes Ed Paris. H.20 cm RELATED WORK : Aimé-Jules Dalou, Desperate, plaster, H. 21 W. 15 D. 10 cm, Paris, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, inv. PPS179 RELATED LITERATURE : Amélie Simier, Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République, cat. exp. Paris, Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, 18 April-13 July 2013, Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 2013, model listed under n° 331, p. 408 The dramatic figure of this young nude woman appears on one of the faces constituting the relief base of the Monument à la Courtisane made by Dalou between 1895 and 1902. The edition of La Désespérée, as an independent work, was produced by the foundryman Susse in 1910.