ÉMILE FERNAND-DUBOIS (France, 1869-1952). "Nude". In marble. Signed on the base.

ÉMILE FERNAND-DUBOIS (France, 1869-1952).
"Nude".
In marble.
Signed on the base.
Measurements: 45 cm (height).
Fernand-Dubois was a French sculptor and medallist, framed within the art nouveau or modernism movement. His most famous works were the monuments to the fallen in the First World War and the bust of Marianne, very reproduced. He won the gold medal at the 1923 Salon des Artistes Françaises. Notable works: Amoureuse extase (exhibited at the 1920 Salon des Artistes Français); Devant l'amour (ditto 1910); La femme au coquillage; bust of Marshal Foch (1914), Inassouvie (1890), statue of General Jean-Baptiste Eblé (1757-1812), in the Rohan Pavilion of the Rivoli wing of the Louvre.