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Jean Carriès (1855-1894) The Cook also known as The Old Magistrate Patinated plaster 1883 Signed "Carriès JH", located "Paris" and dated "November 1883" on the reverse Bears an autograph dedication on the reverse: To the Friend Granottier / Jean Carriès Size : 40 x 29 cm S&C Other copy in public collections: -Jean Carriès, The Cook, the Old Magistrate or The Man with the Chef's Hat,1883, patinated plaster bust, H. 41.5 cm, former Edouard Aynard collection, Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, n.inv. B530. Bibliography: -Arsène Alexandre, Jean Carriès, imagier et potier, Étude d'une oeuvre et d'une Vie, Paris, 1895, p.34 and p.202 ; -Ss. dir. Amélie Simier, Jean Carriès. La matière de l'étrange, catalog of the exhibition held at the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, 2007, edition Nicolas Chaudun/Paris musée, 2007, p.209, N°inv. PPS 01201. -Claire Barbillon, Catherine Chevillot, Stéphane Paccoud, Ludmila Virassamynaïken (dir.), Sculptures du XVIIe au XXe siècle : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Paris, Somogy, 2017; p. 332-333, cat. 150 (notice de C. Champy-Vinas), repr. p. 495. This work in patinated plaster belongs to the "Desolate" series of busts with dramatic expressions conceived in the early 1880s by the Lyon artist Jean Carriès. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the studio of Auguste Dumont, the sculptor and ceramist, who was in poverty for much of his life, always preferred the 'École de la Rue' to the École des Beaux-Arts. He thus finds his inspiration in these portraits of excluded and marginalized people whose despair, fatigue or resignation he describes with force. This first coherent set of works by the young artist was a great success with amateurs, especially in the circle of the Lyon bourgeoisie. As usual, Carriès produced several patinated plaster versions of these models. A copy of the Cook was acquired by the banker Edouard Aynard (1837-1913), a politician involved in the local public life of Lyon and a great lover of art and Carriès' works. Our copy was offered by the artist to another important businessman of Lyon, Victor Granottier, as the dedication indicates. Victor Granottier became his friend and owned a large number of works by the artist. His collection included ceramics and seven sculptures, including our Cook. There were also The Nun; Medallion of a Young Girl, called The Sister of Carriès, the Martyrdom of Saint Faithful; Frans Hals and the Statuette of French Gentleman, called The Callot.
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Jean Carriès (1855-1894) The Cook also known as The Old Magistrate Patinated plaster 1883 Signed "Carriès JH", located "Paris" and dated "November 1883" on the reverse Bears an autograph dedication on the reverse: To the Friend Granottier / Jean Carriès Size : 40 x 29 cm S&C Other copy in public collections: -Jean Carriès, The Cook, the Old Magistrate or The Man with the Chef's Hat,1883, patinated plaster bust, H. 41.5 cm, former Edouard Aynard collection, Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, n.inv. B530. Bibliography: -Arsène Alexandre, Jean Carriès, imagier et potier, Étude d'une oeuvre et d'une Vie, Paris, 1895, p.34 and p.202 ; -Ss. dir. Amélie Simier, Jean Carriès. La matière de l'étrange, catalog of the exhibition held at the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, 2007, edition Nicolas Chaudun/Paris musée, 2007, p.209, N°inv. PPS 01201. -Claire Barbillon, Catherine Chevillot, Stéphane Paccoud, Ludmila Virassamynaïken (dir.), Sculptures du XVIIe au XXe siècle : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Paris, Somogy, 2017; p. 332-333, cat. 150 (notice de C. Champy-Vinas), repr. p. 495. This work in patinated plaster belongs to the "Desolate" series of busts with dramatic expressions conceived in the early 1880s by the Lyon artist Jean Carriès. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the studio of Auguste Dumont, the sculptor and ceramist, who was in poverty for much of his life, always preferred the 'École de la Rue' to the École des Beaux-Arts. He thus finds his inspiration in these portraits of excluded and marginalized people whose despair, fatigue or resignation he describes with force. This first coherent set of works by the young artist was a great success with amateurs, especially in the circle of the Lyon bourgeoisie. As usual, Carriès produced several patinated plaster versions of these models. A copy of the Cook was acquired by the banker Edouard Aynard (1837-1913), a politician involved in the local public life of Lyon and a great lover of art and Carriès' works. Our copy was offered by the artist to another important businessman of Lyon, Victor Granottier, as the dedication indicates. Victor Granottier became his friend and owned a large number of works by the artist. His collection included ceramics and seven sculptures, including our Cook. There were also The Nun; Medallion of a Young Girl, called The Sister of Carriès, the Martyrdom of Saint Faithful; Frans Hals and the Statuette of French Gentleman, called The Callot.
