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Georges Récipon, ”La porte bonheur”

Sold for €500 at Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH on Aug 25, 2023.

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Georges Récipon, ”La porte bonheur” um 1900, signiert "Recipon", gestempelt "Copy Right by Susse Fres. 1896" J.N.", Bronze versilbert und vergoldet, erotische Aktdarstellung einer nackten Schönheit, beim Einschlagen eines Nagels in ein Hufeisen, Altersspuren und partiell berieben, H gesamt 15 cm, L ca. 19 cm. Künstlerinfo: französischer Maler und Bildhauer (1860 Paris bis 1920 Saint-Cloud), lernte und arbeitete in der Goldschmiedewerkstatt seines Vaters, studierte an der School of Fine Arts in Paris, an der er Schüler von Auguste Dumont und Gabriel-Jules Thomas war, erhielt in der Malerei den 1. Preis Jouvain d'Allainville (1882) für dekorative Malerei sowie in der Bildhauerei den 2. Grand Prix de Rom mit der ”Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes” (1889), war Mitglied der Society of French Artists. Quelle: Internet. Georges Récipon, "La porte bonheur" circa 1900, signed "Recipon", stamped "Copy Right by Susse Fres. 1896" J.N.", silvered and gilded bronze, erotic nude depiction of a naked beauty driving a nail into a horseshoe, traces of age and partially rubbed, h total 15 cm, l approx. 19 cm. Artist info: French painter and sculptor (1860 Paris to 1920 Saint-Cloud), learned and worked in his father's goldsmith's workshop, studied at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, where he was a pupil of Auguste Dumont and Gabriel-Jules Thomas, received in painting the 1st prize Jouvain d'Allainville (1882) for decorative painting as well as in sculpture the 2nd Grand Prix de Rome with the "Return of the Prodigal Son" (1889), was a member of the Society of French Artists. Source: Internet.

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