Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875) Spring n°1 (Bust of Flore) Terracotta proof. Signed on the left shoulder JB Carpeaux. Bears the publisher's stamp Susse Frères and the publisher's mark Susse Frères Editeurs Paris. Small chip below the pedestal, front left corner. H. 37 cm RELATED WORK: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Le Triomphe de Flore, 1865-1866, Paris, Musée du Louvre, south facade of the Pavillon de Flore RELATED LITERATURE: Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculpteur. Catalog raisonné de l'œuvre édité, 2003, Les Expressions contemporaines, Paris, model number BU 40, p. 143

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