Aimé Jules DALOU (1838 - 1902). - Lot 76

Aimé Jules DALOU (1838 - 1902). Worker with apron: Barrel merchant. Patinated bronze proof, signed, lost-wax, Susse Frères Frères éditeurs Paris, stamped Susse frères éditeurs, and numbered 3. H. 13.5 cm. Figurine for the Monument aux ouvriers, for Workers of all professions, part of a set of two coopers. The terra cotta was created between 1889 and 1898. Bibliography: - Dalou, l'homme, l'oeuvre - Inventaire général des oeuvres by H. Cailleaux, Paris, 1935, the terracotta mentioned on page 153 under N°131, as Marchand de tonneaux, is now in the Petit Palais Petit Palais (ref: P.P.S 156). - Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République : catalog des sculptures de Jules Dalou conservées au Petit Palais : catalog de l'exposition, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, et musée Cognac- Jay, Paris, 2013 by Amélie Simier, assisted by Marine Kisiel, the terracotta copy.