Fine French Patinated Bronze Figural Group Titled Pro Patria by Edouard Drouot

A fine 19th century French patinated bronze figure of a standing draped classical woman with a wreath to her hair holding an urn. Titled: Antifonh Measures: Height 41.5" (105.4 cm)...

Robert Graham (1938-2008) "Kim" 1984 signed: R. Graham A large patinated bronze figure of a standing nude lady on a rotating pedestal. Measures: Height 77" Width 14" Depth 14" Ex...

This very fine life-size patinated bronze figural torchere modeled as a classically clad female musician holding a mandolin and a torch. This symbolic representation of Music, falls within Coutan’s allegorical work. The sculpture stands on a period carved wood pedestal. Inscribed on base: Coutan, Thiébaut Frères, Fondeurs. Total Height: 101″ (259 cm) Bronze height: 67″ (170.1 cm) Pedestal Height: 34" (86.3 cm) Jules-Félix Coutan (22 September 1848 – 23 February 1939) is considered to be one of the most gifted French sculptors and designers of the 19th and early 20th centuries Coutan studied under the renowned Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group France Bearing the Torch of Civilization for the Exposition Universelle (1889), one of the two prominent sculptural commissions for the Exposition grounds.[1] Later he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900, where he expressed his disdain for the researches of Rodin— fumiste—[2] and the Impressionist sculptors who followed him. Coutan was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1905.[3] Coutan is best known in the United States for the sculptural group above the entrance to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. For Grand Central Terminal, Coutan was contracted to provide a quarter-size scale plaster model of the three-figure allegorical Transportation group, which he developed from 1911 through 1914. The carving was performed by the William Bradley & Son of Long Island City.[4] Among Coutan's students were Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Raymond Delamarre...

Pierre Louis Détrier (French, 1822–1897) This fine patinated bronze sculpture by Detrier depicts a mother and child. The attention to detail can be seen in the delicate treatment of ...

Edouard Drouot (French, 1859-1945) "Daphne" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing nymph clad in reeds with flowing hair and upholding branch, on conforming base...

Our patinated bronze figurine of a lovely female holding a bouquet of flowers after Edouard Drouot (1859 - 1945) is entitled Souvenir. Base carries a ...

The French Rooster in bronze with golden patina on a green marble base towards the end of the 19th century by Édouard Drouot, with a height of 45 cm. Édouard Drouot was a French scul...

Patinated and gilt bronze sculpture "Pax Labor" by Edouard Drouot (French, 1859-1945). Having a gilt finish bronze sculpture depicting a young man who is holding an olive branch and ...