Sculpture, Antonin Carles (1851-1919) - 'La Jeunesse' - Art Nouveau - 32 cm - Bronze (gilt) - 1890

Gilded bronze print representing a naked young woman with a wild rose flower at her feet. Signed on the Antonin Carles terrace and titled “La Jeunesse”. Foundry mark Siot-Decauville Fondeur, Paris and numbered D347. Green Algerian marble-onyx base, very small repair following a slight chip on one corner.

Historical
The Plaster acquired at the Salon of 1883 (NO 3426) , placed in 1886 in the marble depository, was deposited in 1889 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Grenoble; reductions were produced in marble, in biscuit by the Sèvres factory in three sizes, in bronze and gilded bronze by Siot-Decauville in two sizes; commissioned by the state in 1883; statue commissioned from the Salon

Exhibitions

Salon of the Society of French Artists (Salon 103) – Palais des Champs Elysées – France, Paris, 1885
Prefiguration of the Musée d’Orsay – Post-Impressionism – Palais de Tokyo – Musée d’Art et d’Essai – France, Paris, 1977 – 1986

Period: 1890
Origin: France, Paris
Materials: Bronze and Algerian marble-onyx