Raoul LARCHE (1860-1912) - Lot 5

Raoul LARCHE (1860-1912) The Sea, 1894 Rare cast pewter sculpture with rich high-relief decoration of naiads rising from the waves. Signed Raoul Larche and founder's mark "Siot Decauville fondeur Paris". H: 75 cm W: 80 cm D: 30 cm The centerpiece of a three-part table centrepiece, "La Mer" was exhibited at the Salon de la Société des artistes français - Palais des Champs Elysées - in 1894, under reference N°3801, a copy was acquired for the Musée du Luxembourg. This copy is now in the Musée d'Orsay collection under inventory number OAO 216. Bibliography - Philippe Dahhan, Étains 1900, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2000, for a reproduction on the cover and on page 229 under n°665 - Pierre Kjellberg, Les bronze de XIXe, dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1987 model reproduced on page 412 - Alastair Duncan: "The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume V: Objets d'art & metalware", Antiques Collector's club, model reproduced on page 369. - model reproduced in Emile Molinier's article "Notes sur l'étain" (first article) in Art et Décoration, September 1897, pages 81 to 88. - Marc Bascou, Marie-Madeline Massé Philippe Thiébault: "Musée d'Orsay. Catalog sommaire illustré des arts décoratifs", Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1988, model referenced and reproduced on page 156.