Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) - Lot 73

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) - Lot 73
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) Alexandre Dumas, Jr., No. 3 Patinated terracotta bust Inscribed, signed, and dated “All sommo Pensiero / Alexandre Dumas, Jr., suo Amico / JBte Carpeaux 1873” Bears the stamps “ATELIER & DEPOT / 74 RUE DE BOILEAU / AUTEUIL-PARIS” and “PROPRIÉTÉ CARPEAUX” with the imperial eagle. H. 43 cm A close friend of the sculptor, Alexandre Dumas, Jr. commissioned him to create his bust for the foyer of the Comédie-Française. The marble sculpture was exhibited at the 1874 Salon. The writer and Carpeaux had been close friends since their meeting in Rome in 1861, and Dumas would serve as the sculptor’s executor. Related literature: -Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Sculptor: A Catalog Raisonné of His Published Works, Paris, Les Expressions contemporaines, 2003; model listed under no. BU 3, p. 104.
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