Lot 57: Albert Bartholomé , French 1848-1928 Au bord de l'eau (nude reclining by a stream) bronze, dark brown patina

signed: Bartholomé , stamped: CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD and numbered: (5) bronze, dark brown patina

measurements note 47 by 60cm., 18½ by 23 5/8 in.

Around 1900 Bartholomé developed both the decorative and sensual elements of his work in a series of nudes which recall his friend Edgar Degas's paintings of women bathing. Bartholomé worked on two versions of Au bord de l'eau which differ mainly in the drapery and hair. Both types were produced in marble and bronze.

RELATED LITERATURE
Fonsmark, no. 18, pp. 68-9; De Carpeaux à Matisse, pp. 91-2