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Lot 98:
Description
Keywords: Rococo movement, mythological theme, classical revival, French craftsmanship, allegorical subject, historical bronze casting techniques
Summary:
Claude Michel Clodion Good ANTIQUE casting. Satyr, Bacchante and Child, French Bronze Sculpture. Signed on verso CLODION. In 1759 he obtained the grand prize for sculpture at the Académie Royale; in 1761 he obtained the first silver medal for studies from models; and in 1762 he went to Rome. Here his activity was considerable between 1767 and 1771.
Bio: Catherine II of Russia was eager to secure his presence in St Petersburg, but he returned to Paris. Among his patrons, which were very numerous, were the Chapter of Rouen, the states of Languedoc, and the Direction Generale. His works were frequently exhibited at the Salon. In 1782 he married Catherine Flore, a daughter of the sculptor Augustin Pajou, who subsequently obtained a divorce from him. The agitation caused by the French Revolution drove Clodion in 1792 to Nancy, where he remained until 1798. Among the public collections holding works by Claude Michel are: the Art Institute of Chicago, the Bowes Museum (County Durham, UK), the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Courtauld Institute of Art (London), the Currier Museum of Art (New Hampshire), the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Frick Collection (New York City), the Getty Museum (Los Angeles), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, Texas), Kunst Indeks Danmark, the Louvre (Paris), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée Cognacq-Jay (Paris), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Musée des Beaux-Arts (Bordeaux), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), National Museum of Art (Cluj-Napoca), the National Gallery of Armenia, the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, California) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Measurements: 20 1/2 x 11 x 10 1/2 in. (52.1 x 27.9 x 26.7 cm.) Approx
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