Author: Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste [ Galerie Manzi, Joyant (Paris)]
Title: Catalogue de sculptures originales par J.-B. Carpeaux. Terres cuites, platres, bronzes, marbres..,.
Description: Paris, Atelier J. -B.Carpeaux, 1913 ???. boards. 29x29cm, 14(20)pp. Recent binder's blind boards. Includes 20pp single-side photoplates.. 20pp. photoplates. Minor rubbing. VG: ¶ [Full title reads: "Catalogue de Sculptures Originales par J.-B. Carpeaux. Terres cuites, platres, bronzes, marbres parmi lesquels la danse: groupe original en terre cuite; ugolin et ses enfants - groupe original en terre cuite, gruupesm, statuettes, bustes, etc dont la vente aura lieu a Paris, Galerie Manzi, Joyant....le vendredi 30 mai 1913" [Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) "...His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency...." - wikipedia]

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