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Emile Antione Bourdelle French (1861 - 1929) Les Deux Amies…
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15-Nov-2015
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Emile Antione Bourdelle French (1861 - 1929) Les Deux Amies bronze incised C by Bourdelle and numbered IV, founders mark of a Valsuani Literature: I Jianou and Michel Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris 1965, p.102, no.98 (another cast illustrated). Exhibited: Bonn, Manle, Remsheid, 'Bourdelle' travelling exhibition 1955. Provenance: Musee Bourdelle, Paris,. Private collection, Paris. Considered to be the most prominent of Rodin's pupils, Émile-Antoine Bourdelle first studied under the sculptor Maurette in Toulouse before going to Paris in 1884 after winning a scholarship to the École des Beaux-arts. There, he frequently visited and worked in the Studio of his neighbor Jules Dalou, briefly studied under Alexandre Falguiere, and in 1893 began his 15 year period as a pupil and assistant in the Studio of Auguste Rodin, who had become a great admirer of Bourdelle's work. 24 x 27 x 16 cm
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