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Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902) The reader Model created in 1877. Bronze with light brown patina. Signed DALOU on the terrace. Bears the mark of the founder and the insert Susse Fds Paris and the letters PP. H.57 cm RELATED WORKS : Aimé-Jules Dalou, La liseuse, 1877, terracotta, H. 78 W. 43.5 cm, Manchester, City Art Gallery, inv. 1921.24; Aimé-Jules Dalou, La liseuse,between 1877 and 1881, plaster, H. 58 W. 44 D. 35 cm, Paris, Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. PPS350. RELATED LITERATURE : Amélie Simier, op. cit. pp. 366-370, model listed under n°300, p. 368 As early as 1905, the model of this Liseuse, a theme dear to Aimé-Jules Dalou, was produced in bronze from the plaster cast of one of the two original terracottas, according to the contract established between the founder Susse Frères and the sculptor's heirs. There are also posthumous prints in marble and ceramic made by the Manufacture de Sèvres.
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Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902) The reader Model created in 1877. Bronze with light brown patina. Signed DALOU on the terrace. Bears the mark of the founder and the insert Susse Fds Paris and the letters PP. H.57 cm RELATED WORKS : Aimé-Jules Dalou, La liseuse, 1877, terracotta, H. 78 W. 43.5 cm, Manchester, City Art Gallery, inv. 1921.24; Aimé-Jules Dalou, La liseuse,between 1877 and 1881, plaster, H. 58 W. 44 D. 35 cm, Paris, Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. PPS350. RELATED LITERATURE : Amélie Simier, op. cit. pp. 366-370, model listed under n°300, p. 368 As early as 1905, the model of this Liseuse, a theme dear to Aimé-Jules Dalou, was produced in bronze from the plaster cast of one of the two original terracottas, according to the contract established between the founder Susse Frères and the sculptor's heirs. There are also posthumous prints in marble and ceramic made by the Manufacture de Sèvres.
