Lot 414: Emile Oscar Guillaume 1867-1942 LA DÉLIVERANCE

bronze, dark green patina, signed Emile Guillaume and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR PARIS , the hilt of the sword inscribed DELIVERANCE.

measurements height 7 ft. 1/4 in. alternate measurements 214 cm

J.Darke, The Monument Guide to England and Wales, London 1991, p.66 (illustrated back cover)
Kjellberg, Pierre, Bronzes of the 19υth century, Dictionary of sculptors, Paris, 1994, p. 369 for the illustration of the present model

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
La Déliverance has become a familiar landmark to Londoners and is affectionately known as 'The Naked Lady'. Its unveiling by Prime Minister David Lloyd George in 1926, at its present location on Regent's Park Road on the North Circular, is said to have caused quite a stir. The inscription on the statue reveals 'This statue by Emile Guillaume symbolises the emotion inspired among the Allied nations when the armies of Great Britain and France defeated the invading German armies at the Battle of the Marne, September 1914'.

Guillaume was a pupil of Cavelier and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français where, with other achievements, he obtained a gold medal in 1924. He made his Salon debut in 1870 and covered a wide range of subjects, normally of a figurative nature specialising in exotic racial types.