"Animal Bronze ''mouse With A Nut'' By Clovis Masson"
Clovis-Edmond MASSON (1838-1913)''Mouse with nuts''
Patinated bronze print.
Old edition cast iron Period late 19th century around 1890.
Signed C. MASSON on the terrace. Marble base.
Height 9.5 cm x L 9 cm x D 6 cm
Clovis-Edmond Masson, born in Paris on March 7, 1838 and died in 1913, French animal sculptor was a student of Antoine-Louis Barye.
Literature
– F. Jayer, “Salon de 1869”, Tribune artistic and literary du Midi, Marseille, January 1, 1869, p. 17.
– P. Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th century: Dictionary of sculptors, Paris: Les éditions de l'amateur, 1996, pp. 462 – 463.
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