Fine Art, Decorative Continental Works & More
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 14, 2014 09:00AM EDT
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Lot 340
J. Caussé and E. Leveilleé
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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(French, circa 1900)
Art Nouveau bronze-finished cast metal figure of a maiden standing atop a frosted glass rocky plinth-form base, back of maiden signed "J. Caussé", glass unsigned, overall height 23-1/2 in., figure with surface wear to finishing, icy plinth with chips near post for figure at top and bottom (not apparent when figure is in place), otherwise good condition. Notes: Exhibited: "A Thing of Beauty", High Museum, Atlanta, 1980.
Published: [A Thing of Beauty], figure M.7, page 71. The exhibition catalog notes: "This figural sculpture known as The Ice Fairy ([La Fee de Glaces]} appeared in February, 1901, in [L'Arte Decoratif]. It is the work of Julian Caussé, a French sculptor who produced many 'bronzes d'arte', and Ernest Leveilleé, who fabricated the base of opalescent glass to resemble melting ice".. Provenance: A Private Atlanta Collection
figure with surface wear to finishing, icy plinth with chips near post for figure at top and bottom (not apparent when figure is in place), otherwise good condition
