HIPPOLYTE-FRANÇOIS MOREAU | HÉBÉ

Auction Closed

October 13, 06:58 PM GMT

Estimate

35,000 - 55,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Florida Collection

HIPPOLYTE-FRANÇOIS MOREAU

French

1832-1927

HÉBÉ

signed Hip Moreau

marble

height 40 in.; 101.6 cm

Sale: Sotheby's New York, October 29, 2014, lot 149, illustrated

Acquired at the above sale

The son of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Moreau, Hippolyte-François Moreau studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under François Jouffroy. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and won medals for his work at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878 and in 1900. His 1880 sculpture of the mathematician Alexis Clairaut decorates the façade of the Hotel de Ville in Paris.

Moreau was known for his sculptures of young women and Hébé, the goddess of youth, serves as the perfect subject to demonstrate his skill at depicting the voluminous curves and supple skin of his models.