Auguste Moreau (1834 Dijon - 1917 Malesherbes), "Der dirigierende Knabe", bronze, gold patina, fully sculpted depiction of a boy holding a music book in his left hand and a conductor's baton in his right, standing on a round plinth, signed "Auguste Moreau" on the reverse. "Aug. Moreau", on a stepped cylindrical stone base, h: 15 cm. Limit 162,- >> French sculptor.

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