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Antonin Mercié
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Antonin Mercié
- QUAND MÊME
- signed A. Mercié, inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE Fondeur Paris and impressed with the Achille Collas pastille
- dark brown patinated bronze, on a modern faux wood-painted revolving pedestal
- height 41 1/2 in.
- 105.5 cm
Together with a later columnar wooden pedestal.
Condition
Patinated bronze with some rubbing to extremitites and some larger areas including female figure's left arm, her shoe and male figures head. Light surface scratches.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
After the success of his celebrated bronze group Gloria Victis at the Salon of 1874, Mercié's best-known work was the present allegorical group Quand Même, which was erected in 1884 on the Place d'Armes in Belfort, in commemoration of the courage of the citizens of the town during the Prussian invasion of 1870. The original full-size plaster model was exhibited at the Salon in 1884 and, due to its tremendous popularity, was subsequently cast in bronze in four sizes by Ferdinand Barbedienne.