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Lot 109: f - FRANÇOIS-LÉON SICARD FRENCH, 1862-1934

Est: £7,000 GBP - £10,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 15, 2005

Item Overview

Description

OEDIPUS AND THE SPHINX

measurements note
70cm., 27 1/2 in.

signed: F Sicard and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur

NOTE

Sicard exhibited a cast of Oedipus and the Sphinx in plain bronze at the Salon of 1903. It was subsequently acquired by the state and is now in the Musée d'Orsay. The work was also edited in biscuit by Sèvres. Sicard studied under Barrias and Félix Laurent. He won the Prix de Rome in 1891 and a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.

RELATED LITERATURE
Musée d'Orsay, p.250

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

European Sculpture & Works of Art: The Nineteenth Century

by
Sotheby's
November 15, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK