Lucas Madrassi - Sculpture, Buste de femme - 36 cm - Terracotta - 1900

STATUE in art nouveau polychrome terracotta circa 1900, signed, stamp of the founder Hanne and numbered

Luca MADRASSI (1848-1919) is a French sculptor of Italian origin. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris before joining the Carrier-Belleuse workshop. Very imaginative, he exhibited at the Salon from 1979 and won numerous awards for his allegorical or genre busts and statues.

I point out a small lack on the back hair probably from cooking, see photo of approximately a few mms
The patina can be improved as on all terracotta

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