Lot 854: Bartholomé, Albert - 1848 Paris 1928 A bronze

Bartholomé, Albert - 1848 Paris 1928 A bronze figure 'La pleureuse' Paris, c. 1900. Bronze, gilded, sign. 'ABartholomé', moulders hallmark 'Foundeur Paris Siot-Decauville', num. S428. On a base a sitting mourner. These figure is a decrease of one of the lateral figures of Bartholomés main work, the war memorial on the cemetery Pére-Lachaise in Paris. From different pieces of these memorial were bronze casts produced and with hug success sold. H. 23,5 cm.