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Early 1900 Gorilla Carrying off a Woman Crafted in Wood after Emmanuel Fremiet
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Great wooden sculpture after the famous bronze of Emmanuel Fremiet
This handcrafted sculpture was probably made in South Tyrol by/of Josef Anton Riffeser who founded the ANRI Company.
Emmanuel Fremiet (6 December 1824-10 September 1910) was a French sculptor. He is famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris and its sister statues in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.
In the 1850s, Fremiet produced various Napoleonic works. He first exhibited in the Paris Salon at the age of nineteen with a sculpture of an Algerian gazelle. In 1853, Fremiet the leading sculptor of animals in his day, exhibited bronze sculptures of Emperor Napoleon III's basset hounds at the Paris Salon. Soon afterwards, from 1855 to 1859 Fremiet was engaged on a series of military statuettes for Napoleon III, none of which have survived.
He produced his equestrian statue of Napoleon I in 1868, and of Louis d'Orleans of 1869 (at the Château de Pierrefonds) and in 1874 the first equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, erected in the Place des Pyramides, Paris; this he afterwards (1889) replaced with another version. During this period he also executed.
In the meanwhile he had exhibited his gorilla carrying off a woman, which won him a medal of honour at the Salon of 1887. Although praised in its time, this work now evokes ridicule from some observers for its depiction of a gorilla abducting a nude woman, presumably with the intention of raping her. Accordingly, this act has caught the public's imagination, as witnessed by the repeated popularity of the King Kong theme. (Wikipedia)
Maximum height x width x depth: 10.25 x 6 x 4.5 inches.
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- Similar to:Emmanuel Fremiet (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)
- Style:Black Forest (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Early 1900
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Lisse, NL
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