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Duchoiselle (Active late 19th century)
A bronze model of a sculptor Le Travail

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29 March 2011, 12:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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Duchoiselle (Active late 19th century)
A bronze model of a sculptor Le Travail

the standing figure beside an anvil with a circular relief depicting a portrait in his left hand and a chisel in his right, dark brown patination, on a circular base signed Duchoisel Sct., on a stepped plinth inscribed LE TRAVAIL PAR DUCHOISEL, and with a further plaque inscribed OFFERT A MR LAMAURY PAR LE PERSONNEL DE LA GARE DE ST OUEN LES DOCKS, 45.5cm high

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Duchoiselle's dates are unknown, but he is most famous for his bronze of Pocahontas in a canoe, an example of which was offered at Bonhams, New Bond St, 28 October 2008.

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