272 - Dominique BIANCHI (1864–1912)

Dominique BIANCHI (1864–1912) The Little Cat Model created around 1909 White marble sculpture Signed “DBianchi” next to the left paw on the terrace H. 58 cm on a circular onyx base, H. 4.8 cm AL-EJ Minor damage to the base near the cat: two holes, one at the neck and the other on the left shin Related work: -Dominique Bianchi (1864–1912), The Little Cat, 1910, marble, H. 136 cm, Champigny-sur-Marne Related literature: -Société nationale des beaux-arts (ed.), Illustrated Catalog of the 1909 Salon, Paris, Bibliothèque des Annales, 1909, no. 3009; https://www.akpool.de/CPA-Salon-de-1909-Le-Petit-Chat-par-Dominique-Bianchi/5098999 -Société nationale des beaux-arts (ed.), Illustrated Catalog of the 1910 Salon: [exhibition, Paris, Grand Palais, May 1, 1910], Paris, ed. Baschet-Bibliothèque des Annales, 1910, no. 3300. -Stanislas Lami, Dictionary of Sculptors of the French School in the Nineteenth Century, Nendeln, Kraus Reprint, 1970, Volume 1, pp. 113–114. The plaster model of this charming scene depicting a little girl playing with a cat was presented by the artist Dominique Bianchi, a student of Falguière, at the 1909 Salon, and later, in a marble version, at the 1910 Salon.