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Karl Benz Commissaire-Priseur

386 - Jean BOUCHER (Cesson-Sévigné, 1870 - Paris, 1939)

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€600 - 800

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25%

Jean BOUCHER (Cesson-Sévigné, 1870 - Paris, 1939) "Le Chemineau" or "Sur La route", 1922. Patinated bronze, signed and dated. Height: 74 cm (broken cane tip). "This chemineau was made after a vagabond named Hervé Arthur whom Jean Boucher met in Paris". It was exhibited in 1926 at the Petit Palais and the following year at the Palais des Beaux-Arts. The plaster original, measuring 2.10 m, is now in the Musée de Cesson-Sévigné. The latter states: "In 1995, the original plaster cast of the chemineau was discovered by chance at the City of Paris art depository in Ivry. A bronze reduction existed, but was considered destroyed. Here it is? (@ Musée Jean Boucher).

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PROPERTY COLLECTION - Day 2 - 20th-Century Art & Japanese Prints - From a Manor House in Guingamp & Miscellaneous Items
Wednesday, November 18
02:00 PM
1, rue du Bignon
22190 Plerin, France

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Karl Benz Commissaire-Priseur +33 2 96 75 03 36 benz@karl-benz.com
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