Description:
After Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875)
Terra-cotta Bust of a Young Woman, incised "J. Baptiste Carpeaux," stamped SEVRES, with the factory mark for stoneware dated 1912, and "G.L.," ht. 11 1/2 in.
Literature: See A.M. Wagner, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: Sculptor of the Second Empire, p. 205, for additional information on the Sevres commission.
Estimate $400-600
Losses around base. Grime.
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