CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (FRENCH, 1801-1864) Lion étreignant une antilope (Lion gripping...
CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (FRENCH, 1801-1864)
Lion étreignant une antilope (Lion gripping an antelope)
stamped 'FRATIN' and incised '81' (to lower center)
terracotta
13 in. (33 cm.) high, 21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm.) wide, 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm.) deep
Executed circa 1862.
Provenance
Fratin Atelier sale, 20 December 1862, lot 55.
Bequest of George Longstreet to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Acquired by present owner from Univers du Bronze, Paris, 15 September 2004.
Literature
J. Bougon, Christophe Fratin: Le sculpteur animalier, essai sur sa vie et sur son oeuvre, Le Raincy, 1983, p. 48 (illustrated).
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CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (FRENCH, 1801-1864)
Lion étreignant une antilope (Lion gripping an antelope)
stamped 'FRATIN' and incised '81' (to lower center)
terracotta
13 in. (33 cm.) high, 21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm.) wide, 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm.) deep
Executed circa 1862.
Provenance
Fratin Atelier sale, 20 December 1862, lot 55.
Bequest of George Longstreet to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Acquired by present owner from Univers du Bronze, Paris, 15 September 2004.
Literature
J. Bougon, Christophe Fratin: Le sculpteur animalier, essai sur sa vie et sur son oeuvre, Le Raincy, 1983, p. 48 (illustrated).
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