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Sat 29 Jun

Francis RENAUD (Saint-Brieuc, 1887-1973) VONNICK. Exceptional direct-cut marble sculpture, circa 1929. Titled on the base and signed on the side "RENAUD". Height: 67 cm. (Minor wear). Created in 1927, Vonnick's plaster study was produced in terra cotta and presented at the 1935 Salon. Our sculpture, unique and remarkable, is most probably the marble the marble presented at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1929. Vonnick, jeune fille de Daoulas, stands out as a delicate yet powerful sculpture, embodying the sensitive genius of Francis Renaud, where the purity of line to express the depth of the human soul. Vonnick is the synthesis between naturalism and geometric stylization, between the ancient and the modern, which the gentleness emanating from this young Breton woman makes clear and obvious. Last but not least, Vonnick is a unique sculpture carved in marble, a noble and difficult-to-tame material, the ideal crucible for this masterpiece of Breton sculpture. The son of shopkeepers based on rue Saint-Guillaume in Saint-Brieuc, Francis Renaud attended the municipal drawing school in Saint-Brieuc, then entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Rennes as a painter in 1903, then the ENSBA in Paris in 1908, in Fernand Cormon's studio. It was only after his military service that Francis Renaud enrolled in Jean-Antoine Injalbert's sculpture studio. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, winning a gold medal in 1932. His works can be seen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Saint-Brieuc, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Quimper and the Musée Breton in Quimper. Bibliography : - JR Rotté, "Francis Renaud, sculpteur breton" in Briochin du temps passé, les cahiers de l'Iroise, 1985. - Collectif, under the direction of Philippe Le Stum, "La puissance et la grâce, sculpteurs bretons 1900-1950", Château de Kerjean, 1998.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Tue 16 Jul

Torso of Diana of Ephesus. Late 2nd century AD, Asia Minor. H approx. 61cm. Fragment of the upper body of a life-size statue made of white, fine crystalline marble. The chest section with the bent, half arms and the two upper zones of the goddess's ependyte are preserved; the formerly inserted head is missing. The back is heavily sintered; only a narrow strip of fabric ending in fringes and falling down onto the back is visible. The chest area is adorned with a pectoral consisting of two necklaces with pendants: lanceolate leaves hang from the upper chain; in the center, a downward-opening crescent encloses a rosette. Stylized acorns hang from the lower chain, alternating with flowers (immortelles?). The lower chest and belly area is covered by egg-shaped formations lying on top of each other like scales, which are interpreted as 'bull's testicles'. These formations are smaller towards the bottom. The ependytes, a cloak-like apron (usually made of metal) worn by the goddess over the chiton and fastened at the back with a belt, has two zones, each with three fields in relief. The upper cassettes depict bull protomes, the three lower ones show rosettes. On the bull's testicles, see G. Seiterle, Artemis - die große Göttin von Ephesos, in: Antike Welt, Jahrgang 10, Heft 3, 1979, pp. 6-16. Head, arms and lower body missing. Bumps. Provenance: Ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 231, Munich 2015, lot 287; ex B.H. Collection, London, acquired 1968. ● Ware in Vorübergehender Verwendung / Subject to temporary admission

Estim. 32 000 - 40 000 EUR