Charles Bigonet (1877–1931) - Lot 125

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Charles Bigonet (1877–1931) - Lot 125
Charles Bigonet (1877–1931) The Knucklebone Player Model created in 1917 Bronze with a brown patina Signed “C. Bigonet” Bears the foundry’s stamp “CIRE PERDUE / BISCEGLIA” H. 27 cm, on a black Belgian marble base H. 4 cm Small chips at the base Born into an Italian family, Charles Bigonet joined Ernest Barrias’s studio and became friends with Fernand David and Henri Bouchard. He exhibited at the Salon of the Society of French Artists, the Salon d’Automne, and the Salon des Tuileries. He won the Algerian Government Prize, which entitled him to a two-year fellowship at the Villa Abd-el-Tif. He fulfilled various public commissions. For this female nude titled *La Joueuse d’osselet* (*The Knucklebone Player*), Charles Bigonet used as his model a young Algerian woman he met during his stay at the Villa Abd-el-Tif in 1917. He presented the plaster model at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1920 and a wax version at the exhibition of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français in 1923. Related literature: -Henri Bouchard, *Charles Bigonet, Orientalist Sculptor*, Paris, Editions Albert Lévy, 1933; -Stéphane Richemond, *Les Orientalistes: Dictionary of Sculptors, 19th–20th Centuries*, Paris, Les Editions de l’Amateur, 2008, pp. 46–49.
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