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PHILIPPE WOLFERS (1858-1929)
The item was sold for 92 950 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
PHILIPPE WOLFERS (1858-1929)
Couple from the Eternal Idyll (Engagement?), circa 1910-1911
Bronze with brown patina
Signed and annotated 'Cire perdue/n°1' without founder's stamp
Original marble base
Bronze with brown patina, signed and inscribed 'Cire perdue/n°1' with no foundry mark, original marble stand
50,5 cm - 19 7/8 in.
Provenance
Private collection, France (by descent)
Bibliography
Werner Adriaenssens and Raf Steel, La dynastie Wolfers, De l'Art nouveau à l'Art déco, Antwerp: Pandora, 2006, no. 224, p. 392 (marble group from 1910 with the sisters behind the couple) and no. 231, p. 394 (bronze or silver group from 1911 with the sisters behind the couple).
Note
This work, not catalogued by Messrs. Werner Adriaenssens and Raf Steel, is a variant of Éternelle idylle, a group featuring our couple followed by two female figures, known as "the sisters", created around 1910-1911 and available in marble, bronze and silver. It could be the Fiançailles group, created in 1911, but whose image is not preserved (no. 236 or 237 in the aforementioned work).
Couple from the Eternal Idyll (Engagement?), circa 1910-1911
Bronze with brown patina
Signed and annotated 'Cire perdue/n°1' without founder's stamp
Original marble base
Bronze with brown patina, signed and inscribed 'Cire perdue/n°1' with no foundry mark, original marble stand
50,5 cm - 19 7/8 in.
Provenance
Private collection, France (by descent)
Bibliography
Werner Adriaenssens and Raf Steel, La dynastie Wolfers, De l'Art nouveau à l'Art déco, Antwerp: Pandora, 2006, no. 224, p. 392 (marble group from 1910 with the sisters behind the couple) and no. 231, p. 394 (bronze or silver group from 1911 with the sisters behind the couple).
Note
This work, not catalogued by Messrs. Werner Adriaenssens and Raf Steel, is a variant of Éternelle idylle, a group featuring our couple followed by two female figures, known as "the sisters", created around 1910-1911 and available in marble, bronze and silver. It could be the Fiançailles group, created in 1911, but whose image is not preserved (no. 236 or 237 in the aforementioned work).