The Bacchante. Jeanne Itasse Edition Emile Muller .circa 1900. H 50 Cm

The Bacchante. Edition Emile Muller . 
Porcelain stoneware . 
Dimensions : With base: H 50 cm - W 12 cm - D 14 cm Weight 3,500 Kg /// Without base: H 24 cm - W14 cm - D 11,5cm - Weight 830 Gr
Circa 1900
State of conservation: Slight work of the material during the heating towards the neck. Nevertheless very good condition.
Custom made contemporary base in light oak.

Biography 
Jeanne Itasse is the eldest daughter of the sculptor Adolphe Itasse, of whom she was a student.
The year 1879 marked her first participation in the Salon des Artistes Français (SAF) where she exhibited regularly until 1938. It was during the 1899 SAF that the Musée d'Orsay acquired the marble Bacchante exhibited at the town hall of Dol-De-Bretagne (...)