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278 - LOUIS-ALBERT CARVIN (1875–1951)
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LOUIS-ALBERT CARVIN (1875–1951) The Birds and the Cicada Gilded bronze sculpture depicting four birds and a cicada on a tree trunk, signed at the bottom of the trunk. Sits on a breccia marble base. Dimensions: h. 18.5 cm - A French sculptor born in Paris to a father who was a painter and draftsman at the Ministry of War, Louis Albert Carvin was admitted to the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Emmanuel Frémiet and Georges Gardet. A member of the Société des Artistes Français, he exhibited regularly at the society’s Salons until 1933. Specializing in animal sculpture, he used deer, does, lions, lionesses, panthers, birds, wolfhounds, and occasionally horses as models, such as the group sculpture *L'Accolade*, depicting a pair of thoroughbreds.
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Day 2: Major Classic Art Auction—Old Master Paintings, Sculptures, Furniture, Archaeology, Asian Art, Curios, Glassware, SilverwareAuction house
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