Alfred Finot

Lot 56: ALFRED FINOT

Name: ALFRED FINOT
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 4ee61d1b59

Est: £12,000 GBP - £18,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 25, 2009

Item Overview

Description

L'AURORE (DAWN)
signed: A.Finot and inscribed on the base: L'AURORE

Dimensions

figure: 91cm., 35¾in. base: 13cm., 5 1/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Alfred Finot

Medium

white marble on a veined white marble base

Notes

Alfred Finot was a student of the sculptor Ernest-Louis Barrias and L'Aurore has strong echoes of the master's famous figure Nature Unveiling Herself to Science, as the demi-nude figure lifts her drapery over her head. The style, however, is closer to Art Nouveau as the soft curves of form and drapery seem to melt into one another in subtle undulations.

RELATED LITERATURE
E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris, 1999, vol. 5, p. 470

Auction Details

19th & 20th Century European Sculpture

Sotheby's

November 25, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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