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Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) and workshop French, circa 1793

Bust of Claudine Houdon at twelve months

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 EUR

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Description

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741 - 1828) and workshop

French, circa 1793

Bust of Claudine Houdon at twelve months


remains of the red wax cachet d'atelier on the back inscribed HOUDO(N) / S.C.

patinated plaster; on a breccia marble base


Height. (total) 16 ¾ in.

Height. (bust) 13 ⅜ in.

Collection Pierre Decourcelle, Paris, 29-30 May 1911, lot 192 ;

Bought by Robert Linzeler for Burns, New York ;

English private collection.

G. Giacometti, Le Statuaire Jean-Antoine Houdon et son époque (1741-1828), Paris, 1918, t. II, p. 17.

L. Réau, Houdon, sa vie et son œuvre, Paris, 1964, t. IV, p. 50.