Lot 177: ÉDOUARD LETOURNEAU

ÉDOUARD LETOURNEAU FRENCH 1851-1907 THE SLAVE Edouard Letourneau and inscribed CASSE ET DELPY E dit . bronze height 21 in. 53.5 cm

A pupil of Fremiet who exhibited at the Salon from the mid 1870s, Letourneau is known equally for both figurative and animalier sculpture. Payne (p.355, no.H219) records a fine North African equestrian subject and he also executed a figure in stone, representing the City of Rouen, which adorns the Stock Exchange in Paris.