ANDRÉ D'HOUDAIN | LE RÉVEIL (THE AWAKENING)
Auction Closed
December 11, 11:50 AM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ANDRÉ D'HOUDAIN
French
1860-1904
LE RÉVEIL (THE AWAKENING)
signed and dated: A. d Houdain / 1890
white marble
55cm., 21⅝in.
(Probably) Paris, Salon, 1890
This sensuous bust of a young girl being woken by her cat was exhibited by d'Houdain at the Salon of 1890. Note the charming detail of the cat's claws tu🐬gging at her mistress's hair.
This sensuo🎐us bust of🌃 a young girl being woken by her cat was exhibited by d'Houdain at the Salon of 1890. Note the charming detail of the cat's claws tugging at her mistress's hair.
RELATED LITERATURE
S. Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école francaise au dix-neuvième siècle, Paris, 1919, vol. III, p. 161