JULES DESBOIS (1851-1935) - Lot 3

JULES DESBOIS (1851-1935) Salomé, the model created circa [1912], print no. 6 A sculpture. Bronze proof with dark brown patina. Lost-wax casting. Early edition by Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard. Signed J. DESBOIS, bears N°6 and the foundry stamp A.A. HÉBRARD Cire perdue sur le tertre. Height: 48cm Public collections and related works: - Musée d'Orsay, Paris - The bronze proof N°2 of the edition by Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard in the collections of this institution under inventory number RF 3194. - Musée d'Orsay, Paris, on deposit at Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent - La Piscine, Roubaix - A larger marble proof of the model, kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number RF 2475. - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne - A terracotta proof of the model in the collections of this institution under inventory no. 181. - Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris - A patinated plaster print of the model in the collections of this institution under inventory number PPS1070. Related exhibitions and works: - Salomé in French collections - Saint-Denis, Tourcoing, Albi and Auxerre, between June 25, 1988 and March 12, 1989. The bronze proof kept at the Musée d'Orsay was exhibited at this event (no. 46). - Desbois/Danse, 1892-1912 - Parçay-les-Pins, Musée Jules-Desbois, April 30 - October 30, 2011. The bronze print held by the Musée d'Orsay on display at this event. - Opera. Pasion, poder y politica - Madrid, CaixaForum, April 15 to August 11, 2019; Barcelona, CaixaForum, September 17, 2019 to January 26, 2020. The bronze print conserved at the Musée d'Orsay exhibited at this event (no. 199). Bibliography: - Véronique Wiesinger, "Jules Desbois (1851-1935), sculpteur de talent ou imitateur de Rodin?" in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français - Année 1985. Several proofs of the model referenced on page 329. - Anne Pingeot, Antoinette Le Normand-Romain and Laure de Margerie - Musée d'Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures - Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1986. The bronze proof in the Musée d'Orsay is reproduced on page 141. - Salomé dans les collections françaises - Catalogue of the touring exhibition organized at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Saint-Denis (June 25 - August 29 1988); at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing (September 10 - October 30 1988); Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi (November 5 - January 8, 1989); Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Auxerre (January 14 - March 12, 1989), Éditions Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la Ville de Saint-Denis / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing / Musée Toulouse-Lautrec d'Albi / Musées d'Auxerre, 1988. The bronze proof in the Musée d'Orsay is referenced in the catalog under number 46 and reproduced on page 79. - Raymond Huard and Pierre Maillot - Jules Desbois, 1851-1935, une célébration tragique de la vie - Le cherche midi éditeur, Paris, 2000. Several proofs of the model are referenced under number 51 in the Provisional Catalogue of the artist's works on page 108; the plaster model in the Petit Palais is reproduced on page 109. - Desbois/Danse, 1892-1912 - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée Jules-Desbois, Parçay-les-Pins (April 30 - October 30, 2011). The bronze print in the Musée d'Orsay is reproduced on page 22. - Kate Bailey - Opera. Pasion, poder y politica - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at CaixaForum, Madrid (April 15 - August 11, 2019) and CaixaForum, Barcelona (September 17, 2019 - January 26, 2020), Éditions Tenov/Caixa, Barcelona, 2019. The bronze print in the Musée d'Orsay is referenced in the catalog under number 199 and reproduced on page 211.