Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II
Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II
Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
Antoine Etex
Bust of Leon-Louis Rostan
Lot Closed
April 6, 03:02 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program
Antoine Etex
1808 - 1888
Bust of Leon-Louis Rostan
inscribed Etex and Rostan and dated 1835
marble
height: 27 ½ inches (69.9 cm)
Heim Gallery, London
Acquired from the present owner in 1977
Acquired from the present owner in 1977
Louis Auvray and Emile de la Chavignerie, Dictionnaire General des Artistes de l'Ecole
Francaise, vol. 2, New York, 1979, p. 523
Jacques de Case, "La Sculpture Francaise du XIXe Siecle dans les Collections Nord-Americaines," Revue de l'Art 51, 1981, p. 69, fig. 1, illustrated.
Stanislas Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Francaise au Dix-Neuvieme Siecle, vol. 2, Paris, 1916, p. 297
H.W. Janson and Peter Fusco eds., The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth Century Sculpture from North American Collections, Los Angeles, California, 1980, pp. 253-254, fig. 126, illustrated
P.E. Mangeant, "Antoine Etex: Peintre, Sculpteur, et Architecte 1808-1888," Reunion des Societes des Beaux-Arts des Departement 18, 1894, p. 1392
Francaise, vol. 2, New York, 1979, p. 523
Jacques de Case, "La Sculpture Francaise du XIXe Siecle dans les Collections Nord-Americaines," Revue de l'Art 51, 1981, p. 69, fig. 1, illustrated.
Stanislas Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Francaise au Dix-Neuvieme Siecle, vol. 2, Paris, 1916, p. 297
H.W. Janson and Peter Fusco eds., The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth Century Sculpture from North American Collections, Los Angeles, California, 1980, pp. 253-254, fig. 126, illustrated
P.E. Mangeant, "Antoine Etex: Peintre, Sculpteur, et Architecte 1808-1888," Reunion des Societes des Beaux-Arts des Departement 18, 1894, p. 1392