Lot n° 140
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800 - 1200
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Étienne Henri DUMAIGE (1830–1888), after - Lot 140
Étienne Henri DUMAIGE (1830–1888), after
A beautiful bronze group with a golden-brown patina depicting a violinist and a lady of high social standing. The group rests on a circular, molded, swiveling base with a Portor marble plinth. Signed Henri DUMAIGE and marked with the foundry mark E. COLLIN&CIE PARIS (on the base).
Paris. Late 19th century. Circa 1885.
H_62 cm (bronze)
Henry Etienne Dumaige (1830–1888) was a French sculptor. He was a student of Jean Feuchère and Christophe Dumont. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1863 to 1886. Notably, he exhibited *L’âge d’or* (The Golden Age), a plaster group, at the 1863 and 1864 Salons; *Héros* (Hero) at the 1866 Salon; and *Patrie* (Fatherland), a bronze group, at the 1886 Salon. Henri Dumaige was awarded a second medal in 1880. For the foundry Houdebine, which participated in the 1878 World’s Fair in Paris, he created two female caryatids holding torches, but he also worked for other foundries. Among other works, he created statues for Paris City Hall, followed by a marble statue of Rabelais for the City of Tours.
Émile COLLIN, a renowned foundryman who had been based at 29 Rue de Sévigné in Paris since 1843, began producing works by the greatest masters of French sculpture as early as 1855, including A.E. Carrier-Belleuse (“The Zouave”), J. Pradier (“The Three Graces,” “Venus Consoling Love”), and J.B. Carpeaux starting in 1875 (“The Child with the Horn”), as well as the Parisian silversmith Christofle. He marked his bronzes with the inscription “E. Colin & Cie” from 1882 to 1898. The mark evolved to read “M. Colin & Cie” from 1898 to 1906, then “Ancienne Maison Colin, Jollet & Cie” from 1906 to 1923. Internationally renowned, Émile Colin sent bronze works to the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, including mounted marble vases and a large bronze clock. By the end of the 19th century, the Colin firm was among the leading bronze casters, alongside Barbedienne, Susse, and Siot-Decauville. Upon Émile Colin’s death in 1900, his older models were sold to the Doistal firm on Avenue Daumesnil in Paris, a company that has since ceased to exist. The Colin firm was once again honored at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair, notably for its stylish light fixtures designed by Léon Messagé.
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