LÉO LAPORTE-BLAIRSY (1865-1923) - Lot 15

LÉO LAPORTE-BLAIRSY (1865-1923) The Octopus, circa 1904 Vase-sculpture. Proof in brown patinated bronze, richly shaded with reddish-ochre. Early edition cast by Eugène Houdebine. A possible original dent on one face. Signed Léo LAPORTE-BLAIRSY, inscribed towards the base. Height: 29.5 cm Public collections : Petit Palais, - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris - A proof of our vase-sculpture model is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number OGAL209. Bibliography : Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914- Volume V: Objets d'art & Metalware- Édition Antique Collectors' Club, 1998. A proof of our vase-sculpture model is reproduced on page 367.