AGATHON LÉONARD (1841–1923) (ALSO KNOWN AS LÉONARD VAN WEYDE - Lot 54

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AGATHON LÉONARD (1841–1923) (ALSO KNOWN AS LÉONARD VAN WEYDE - Lot 54
AGATHON LÉONARD (1841–1923) (ALSO KNOWN AS LÉONARD VAN WEYDEVELD) Singing Dancer No. 2 and Dancer with a Daisy No. 7, size No. 3; models from the series *Le Jeu de l’écharpe*, created around [1900] and exhibited at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair Two decorative sculptures. Bronze proofs with a medal patina. Early Art Nouveau-era castings. Bases in Levanto marble. Each sculpture is signed “LÉONARD Sclp.” and bears the stamp of “SUSSE Frères Éditeurs Paris,” surmounted by an “M” on one, at the base of the garment. Height of sculptures alone: 25.5 cm – Height including bases: 29.5 cm Public Collections and Related Works: - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne – Another bronze cast of the Singing Dancer (No. 2), size No. 1, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number Ov 69. - Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt – Another bronze cast of the Dancer with a Daisy (No. 7), size No. 1, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number Pl. 64: 5. - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims – Another bronze cast of the Dancer with a Daisy (No. 7), size No. 2, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number 941.3.218. Exhibitions and Related Works: Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts – Paris, Grand Palais, 1901. Six bronze figurines from the *Dance of the Scarf* series were presented at this event. Bibliography: - The Works of the Sèvres Manufactory 1738–1932, Volume II, Modern Sculpture – Éditions de la Manufacture, Sèvres, circa 1932. Biscuit-firing test pieces of our sculpture models, listed under catalog numbers 1167 and 1172 and reproduced on plate 7. - Alastair Duncan – *The Paris Salons 1895–1914* – Volume IV: Ceramics & Glass – Antique Collectors’ Club, 1998. Bisque test pieces of our sculpture models reproduced on pages 393 and 394. - Ingelore Böstge; with the assistance of Emmanuelle Héran – Agathon Léonard, the Art Nouveau Gesture – Catalog of the exhibition held at La Piscine – André-Diligent Museum of Art and Industry, Roubaix (March 11–June 9, 2003); at the Musée départemental de l’Oise, Beauvais (June 25–October 26, 2003), Somogy Éditions d’art, Paris, 2003. Other bronze casts of our sculpture models, in various sizes, listed under numbers 35–38, 51, and 52 in the catalog, and reproduced on pages 62, 63, and 69.
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