Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) Chat assis, circa 1915
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
Chat assis, circa 1915
Sculpture en bronze patiné représentant un chat assis sur une base carrée.

Seated Cat with Ruff, circa 1915
A Patinated Bronze Study
depicting a seated cat with ruffled mane, on a square base

signée 'Steinlen, C. Valsuani Cire Perdue', hauteur 28cm
Sold for €21,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Exposition

    Sladmore Gallery, 'Steinlen's Cats: Bronzes, Paintings, Drawings', October 2002. (catalogue no.13, another cast)
    'Breaking the Mold', sculpture in Paris from Daumier to Rodin, exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, 2005. (A similar model is Illustrated as cat.no.281)

    Bibliographie

    Magdaleen Van Herk, 'Steinlen - Of Cats and Men', ed.Katten Kabinet, 1995

    Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, London, 1994, p. 620

    Provenance

    Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Category: Decorative Arts / 20th Century Decorative Arts


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