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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux French, 1827 - 1875
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
- LE GÉNIE DE LA DANSE
- signed JB le Carpeaux 1872 and with the propriété Carpeaux foundry seal
- bronze, dark brown patina
- height 21 1/2 in.
- 54.5 cm
Literature
M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpteur, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre édité, Paris, 2003, pp. 56-9, no. SA 4
Catalogue Note
The model of Le Génie de La Danse comes from Carpeaux's famous group, La Danse. Officially commissioned before 1875, Carpeaux's group is one of four allegorical compositions on the facade of the Opera in Paris. Although the architect, Charles Garnier, gave all four sculptors strict and conventional guidelines for each work, Carpeaux rejected the standard representational formats used by the other sculptors, and adopted a bold evocation of his theme.
Carpeaux later adapted the various elements of the group into separate figures for commercial editions. As Poletti and Richarme have noted, Le Génie is one of the most successful of the independent groups, as this, more than any other figure, embodies the dynamism of the theme.
Carpeaux later adapted the various elements of the group into separate figures for commercial editions. As Poletti and Richarme have noted, Le Génie is one of the most successful of the independent groups, as this, more than any other figure, embodies the dynamism of the theme.