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Pair of French Bronze Sculptures Busts “Comedy & Tragedy” by Eugene Laurent
About the Item
EUGENE LAURENT
French, 1832-1898
"Comedy & Tragedy"
Patinated bronze on original black marble bases Unsigned, cast circa 1885
Item # 211PPA29S
A rare and exceptional pair of bronze busts by Eugene Laurent, both are unsigned but the pair are catalogued with signatures in Berman's reference work. The casting quality is above reproach, each exquisitely finished with vivid detailing and extensive cd-toing of the surfaces. Each is finished in a nuanced medium-brown chemical patination augmented by pigmented stains, some of which has worn away to create a complex and varied surface throughout. Both rest over their original black marble socles, these incised and gilt-highlighted to read "Comedy" and "Tragedy".
A most interesting juxtaposition of profiles, they are a deeply moving and most powerf pair of busts.
Literature & Further Reading:
* "Bronzes: Scptors and Founders, 1800-1930, V. IV", Hard Berman, 1980, pl. 3817-3818, p. 989 [noted at 12" height]
Measurements: [Comedy] 17 1/2" H (with base), bronze only is 12 3/4" H x 3 3/8" D x 9 1/2" W; [Tragedy] 16 3/4" H (with base), bronze only is 11 7/8" H x 8 1/2" W x 3 3/8" D
Condition Report:
Original black marble bases with extensive chipping and losses around the edges - many of these have been pished down. Comedy's left shoder repatinated (evident in the subtle underlying difference in the hue of the skin). Comedy has an ever-so-slightly loose bit of hair where it wiggles faintly on the hidden roman joint inside the body - we cod wedge this upon request, but it is for the most part non-noteworthy. Both figures carefly cleaned and pished. Light wear to patina of both figures throughout resting in variation of hues in flesh-tones throughout; trace patina wear to raised elements from handling.
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- Creator:Emmanuel Marcel Laurent (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 3.38 in (8.59 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Romantic (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1885
- Condition:See condition notes in description text.
- Seller Location:Shippensburg, PA
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