JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (1827-1875) The Trait... Lot 12

JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (1827-1875) The Trait d'union Model created in 1872, published by Valsuani in the second half of the 20th century Bronze with brown patina Signed " JB te Carpeaux ". Bears the founder's stamp " CIRE PERDUE C. VALSUANI " AND THE STAMP ON THE and the stamp with the imperial eagle Numbered " 11/15 ". Height : 20,5 cm Work in connection Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Trait d'union, bronze, height 20 cm, Paris, Petit Palais, inv. PPS1609. Bibliography Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculpteur. Catalog raisonné de l'œuvre édité, Paris, Les Expressions contemporaines, 2003, model listed under n°AN.EB 12, p. 187. In 1872, Jean-Baptiste made a terracotta in which he depicts himself in the arms of his estranged wife and his sick son. From this original terracotta, which entered the Fabius collection, two unnumbered copies were made and then fifteen numbered bronze copies by the publisher Valsuani in the second half of the 20th century.