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Lot 91: JOSEPH CASSAIGNE FRENCH, B. 1871

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 15, 2005

Item Overview

Description

A STANDING NUDE, ENTITLED VOLUPTÉ

measurements note
98.5cm., 38 1/4 in.

signed: J. Cassaigne and entitled VOLUPTÉ

white marble

NOTE

Cassaigne was a pupil of Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière, Antonin Mercié and Jules Labatut. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français and became a sociétaire. Cassaigne obtained an honorable mention Salon of 1897 and in 1901 and won a third class medal in 1907. He excelled in allegorial and genre themes and the present sensuous marble nude is typical of his oeuvre.

RELATED LITERATURE
Benezit, vol.3, p.327

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