Christie’s : importante vente de fonte d’art outre-atlantique en avril 2013 : quelques exemples d’estimation et de prix…
Plus de 68 000 dollars pour une paire de vases Ducel… 50 000 dollars pour un groupe d’enfants de Versailles !
Origine ; PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION OF GARDEN STATUARY AND ORNAMENT
A FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE OF FIGURE OF GUILIANO DE MEDICI AFTER MICHELANGELO, CAST BY VAL D’OSNE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Stamped VAL D’OSNE 36¾ in. (93 cm.) high Price Realized $6,250 Estimate : $5,000 – $8,000
A LIFE-SIZE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTILTED ‘DAPHNIS’ CAST BY A. DURENNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Price Realized $15,000 – Estimate : $12,000 – $18,000
A FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE ENTITLED ‘FAUNE FLUTEUR’ CAST BY VAL D’OSNE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Price Realized $10,000 Estimate $8,000 – $12,000
A FRENCH CAST-IRON GROUP OF A BACCHANTE AND FAUN AFTER CLODION, CAST BY VAL D’OSNE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped VAL D’OSNE 59¼ in. (150.5 cm.) high
Price Realized $11,875 – Estimate : $8,000 – $12,000
A LARGE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED ‘L’ECRITURE’ CAST BY VAL D’OSNE FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Stamped VAL D’OSNE/58 BD VOLTAIRE PARIS 60½ in. (153.5 cm.) high
Price Realized : $10,000 Estimate : $8,000 – $12,000
The present lot was originally conceived with a female pendant figure, entitled Lecture. Both Moreau models are illustrated in the Val D’Osne foundry catalogue and a pair of figures cast by the foundry sold Sotheby’s, London, 13 November 2007, lot 146 (£18,500).
The urns: 40 in. (101.5 cm.) high – The pedestals: 70½ in. (179 cm.) high (2
Price Realized $68,750 – Estimate $20,000 – $30,000
A LARGE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURAL TORCHERE CAST BY VAL D’OSNE FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped VAL D’OSNE 68¾ in. (175 cm.) high – Price Realized $10,000 – Estimate : $8,000 – $12,000
An engraving of the present model and its companion figure, titled Egyptienne and Négresse respectively, is illustrated J. Renard, L’Age de la Fonte: un art, une industrie 1800-1914, Paris, 1985, p. 126.
A NEAR PAIR OF FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURAL TORCHERES CAST BY VAL D’OSNE FROM MODELS MATHURIN MOREAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped BARBEZAT and CIE VAL D’OSNE 46¼ in. (117.5 cm.) high (2)
Price Realized $17,500 – Estimate : $12,000 – $18,000
A FRENCH POLYCHROME-PATINATED CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED ‘PORTEUR D’EAU NUBIEN’ CAST BY A. DURENNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped A.DURENNE/SOMMEVOIRE 49¾ in. (126 cm.) high
Price Realized $7,500 – Estimate : $6,000 – $8,000
A LIFE-SIZE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED ‘FAUNE CHASSEUR’ CAST BY VAL D’OSNE FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Stamped VAL D’OSNE/58 BD VOLTAIRE PARIS 72½ in. (184 cm.) high Price Realized :$25,000 – Estimate : $20,000 – $30,000
The Moreau family of artist and sculptors is vast, comprising sculptors Mathurin and Auguste, among others. Though little is known of collaboration among the individual artists, it is interesting to note that Mathurin’s Faune chasseur appears in Adrien Moreau’s (d. 1906) idyllic painting Pomenade en barque.
A LARGE FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURE, ENTITLED ‘LE FAUCONNIER’ CAST BY VAL D’OSNE FROM A MODEL BY FERNAND HAMAR, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Signed F. HAMAR, with plaquette stamped FOUNDERIES DU VAL D’OSNE/58 BD VOLTAIRE-PARIS 63 1/8 in. (160.5 cm.) high
Price Realized : $21,250 – Estimate : $10,000 – $15,000
A FRENCH CAST-IRON FOUNTAIN FIGURE OF A PUTTO AND DOLPHIN CAST BY A. DURENNE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Stamped A.DURENNE/A PARIS 42 1/8 in. (107 cm.) high
Price Realized : $7,500 – Estimate : $6,000 – $8,000
An engraving of a related fountainhead cast by Val D’Osne from a model by Mathurin Moreau is illustrated J. Renard,L’age de la fonte: un art, une industrie 1800-1914, Paris, 1985, p. 71.
A FRENCH CAST-IRON FIGURAL TORCHERE, ENTITLED ‘LE CRÉPUSCULE’ CAST BY VAL D’OSNE FROM FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Stamped VAL D’OSNE – 66½ in. (167 cm.) high
Price Realized : $10,000 – Estimate: $8,000 – $12,000
An engraving from the Val D’Osne catalogue is reproduced in J. Renard, L’age de la fonte: un art, une industrie 1800-1914, Paris, 1985, p. 220.
A MONUMENTAL FRENCH CAST-IRON GROUP ENTITLED ‘ENFANT A L’OISEAU’ AFTER THE MODEL BY HANS JOHANN-BALTHAZAR KELLER VOM STEINBOCK, CAST BY VAL D’OSNE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Stamped VAL D’OSNE/58 BD VOLTAIRE PARIS – 65 in. (165 cm.) high, 38¼ in. (97 cm.) wide, 35¾ in. (91 cm.) deep
Price Realized : $50,00 – Estimate : $40,000 – $60,000
The vast scale and intricate design of the jardins and parterres of Versailles dictated equally opulent and monumental ornaments and statuary. Between 1687 and 1690 Hans Johann-Balthazar Keller vom Steinbock (d. 1702) introduced a series of allegorical designs emblematic of the elements for the Allé d’Eau. The enduring popularity of the designs, including the present model representing ‘Air’, is evident through the end of the 19th century, as a variety of putto groups were available from Val D’Osne’s foundry until at least 1900. Four Groupes de Versailles are illustrated in J. Renard, L’ Age de la fonte: un art, une industrie, 1800-1914, Paris, p. 127.
Another example of the present model sold Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 26 May 2010 (72,750 Euros).
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Merci à Micheline Casier pour cette veille… Notez que la vente comportait d’autres pièces dont un bronze coulé à la Compagnie des Bronzes de Bruxelles.
