Signed Auguste Moreau French Bronze Girl Carrying Flower Baskets

Signed Auguste Moreau French Bronze Girl Carrying Flower Baskets

Late 19th Century French Figurative Bronze with Lyon & Turnbull Provenance

Highlights

• Auguste Moreau (1834-1917)

• Late 19th century

• French cast bronze

• Signed "Aug. Moreau"

• Young girl carrying two flower baskets

• G. S. May Collection provenance

• Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 19 November 2020, Lot 612

• 18 cm high

Introduction

A charming late 19th-century French bronze sculpture by Auguste Moreau (1834-1917), depicting a young girl carrying two flower baskets.

Signed "Aug. Moreau", the sculpture displays the graceful naturalism and romantic figurative subject matter associated with Moreau's work.

Catalogue Details

Artist: Auguste Moreau (1834-1917)

Subject: Girl Carrying Flower Baskets

Date: Late 19th century

Origin: France

Medium: Cast bronze

Signature: "Aug. Moreau"

Catalogue Note

The girl stands upon naturalistically modelled ground with an open basket suspended from each hand.

Her curling hair, youthful facial features and softly arranged drapery are finely modelled, while the woven baskets add texture and depth.

The bronze retains an attractive aged patina with natural tonal variation and areas of verdigris.

Auguste Moreau

Born in Dijon in 1834, Auguste Moreau belonged to the celebrated Moreau family of French sculptors.

He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1861 and became particularly associated with elegant figurative sculpture depicting young women, children and pastoral or allegorical subjects.

Provenance

Private Collection of G. S. May Esq.

Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art, 19 November 2020, Lot 612.

Subsequently curated and presented by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.

Dimensions

18 cm high x 10.5 cm wide x 7.3 cm deep.

Base width approximately 5.5 cm.

Condition Report

Fine antique condition with natural age-related surface wear, historic patination and areas of verdigris.

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