"African Hunter N°2 - Bronze By Pierre-jules Mêne (1810 - 1879)"
Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810 - 1879)African hunter n°2
Bronze with bronze patina
H.: 47.2 cm; W.: 36 cm; D.: 18.5 cm
Signed “PJ MÊNE” on the base
Atelier Mêne or Mêne-Cain
This model dates back from 1877 and was presented in wax at the Salon of 1878 and in bronze the following year. It is thus a late work, which is part of the series of figures that Mêne developed at the end of his career. A few years earlier, in 1873, Mêne presented his Arab Falconer on Horseback at the Salon.
There is another version of larger dimensions, less detailed, possibly a posthumous enlargement.
Literature
M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Pierre-Jules Mêne, catalogue raisonné, Paris: Univers du Bronze, 2007, pp. 36 – 37 (F9), (rep.).
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