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Lot n° 122

Heurtoir de porte à l'effigie de Vénus (il manque...

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Moulding workshop of the Museum of Comparative Sculpture (1882-1928) Door knocker with Venus effigy (Venus missing) Plaster H. 48 cm W. 30 cm D. 20 cm Based on a probably Renaissance original, whose missing main subject symbolizes that suspended moment before the gesture, with all the imagination it may entail... thus joining the imagination required to see Venus here, or anything else. Date of present print: late 20th/early 21st century Possible outdoor exposure: no Condition: minor chips, seams visible Type of print in relation to model: fragment (no knocker)