Raoul LARCHE (1860-1912)

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Raoul LARCHE (1860-1912)
Loîe Fuller Rare sculpture forming a lamp in gilt bronze. Signed "Raoul. Larche", stamped "Siot Decauville fondeur Paris" and numbered. Old edition cast iron, circa 1900. H: 44 cm Bibliography: - Klaus-Jürgen Sembach "L'ART NOUVEAU" published by TASCHEN China 2007, similar model reproduced on page 11 - Alastair Duncan "Luminaire Art Nouveau Art Déco". Library of Arts of Paris, 1980, model reproduced on page 113. - Wolf Uecker and Jacques Hartz "Lamps and Candleholders Art Nouveau and Art Deco", Flammarion, Paris, 1987, similar model reproduced on page 77. - Rosalind Ormiston & Michael Robinson, "Art nouveau, Posters, Illustration & fine art from the glamorous fin de siècle", similar model reproduced on page 72. Loïe Fuller (real name Mary Louis Fuller) was born in the United States in 1869. In 1891, she created the serpentine dance, where she mixes animality and electricity combined with light effects, for her piece Quack Medical Doctor. From then on she settled at the Folies-Bergères for ten years and great artists, from Toulouse-Lautrec to Carabin, became fascinated by her movements and tried to freeze her for eternity. In the sculpture that we present, which pays homage to Loie Fuller, François-Raoul Larche succeeds in doing so. She is represented standing, her arms raised, her body in movement is sublimated and carried by her veil; Raoul Larche makes Loïe Fuller the light of this new century, the new symbol of Art Nouveau.
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