Antonin Carlès (1851-1919) “youth” Sculpture In Gilt Bronze

Gilt bronze proof representing a young naked woman with a rosehip flower at her feet. Signed on the terrace Antonin Carles and titled "La Jeunesse". Foundry mark Siot-Decauville Fondeur, Paris and numbered D347. Green Algerian marble-onyx base, with a small repair due to a slight chip on a corner.
History
The plaster cast acquired at the 1883 Salon (NO 3426), placed in 1886 in the marble depository, was deposited in 1889 in the Grenoble Museum of Fine Arts; reductions were published in marble, in biscuit by the Sèvres factory in three sizes, in bronze and gilded bronze by Siot-Decauville in two sizes; commissioned by the State in 1883; statue commissioned at the Salon
Exhibitions

Salon of the Society of French Artists (Salon 103) - Palais des Champs Elysées - France, Paris, 1885

Prefiguration of the Musée d'Orsay - Post-Impressionism - Palais de Tokyo - Musée d'Art et d'Essai - France, Paris, 1977 - 1986

Period : 1890
Origin : France, Paris
Materials : Bronze and onyx

Size
Height : 12.59 in
Width : 5.11 in