Lot 452: Cast from the model by Josuë Dupon (Belgian, 1864-1935), circa 1916

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Inscribed JOSUË DUPON 1916, FONDERIE NAT^LE DES BRONZES ANC^NE FIRME J PETERMANN S^T GILLES BRUXELLES and with title inscription
bronze, brown patina
59 cm. high

Josuë Dupon (born in Ichteghem/Belgium in 1864) first studied in Rousellaere, later he went on to study at the Academy in Antwerp under Baron de Vinçotte (1850-1925). Dupon competed for the Prix de Rome for which he received a second prize award and became professor at the Academy of Anvers. He received a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900. In 1930 he designed a bronze plaque for the Exposition Internationale in Antwerp on which he depicts the same horse with the female figure as the lot on offer. Dupon's works are in the collections of museums in Barcelona, Bucharest and Antwerp.

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