Louis Dejean (1872-1953) - Lot 198

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Louis Dejean (1872-1953) - Lot 198
Louis Dejean (1872-1953) The reader Head model in bronze with light-brown patina H. 22 cm Provenance: former Jacques and Michèle Ginepro collection Self-taught, Louis Dejean achieved success at the turn of the century with terracotta statuettes of graceful young women, captured in their daily activities and dressed in the fashion of Paris at the time. He then turned to more academic subjects, and his style reinterpreted ancient Greco-Roman art according to the ideas advocated by the "Bande à Schnegg", a group of sculptors active in the first decade of the twentieth century. Exhibition: Sculpture Passion, Monaco, Salles des Arts du Sporting d'Hiver, March 24-April 16, 1990, cat. 147, p. 100. Related literature: Camille Mauclair, Les Expositions: galerie Hébrard, l'art de Louis Dejean, Paris, La Grande Revue, 1908.
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