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FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 20TH CENTURY
Lot 163:
Bronze sculptural group depicting centaur Thereus conquering a bear. Raised on a naturalistic bronze base. Signed "E. Fremiet".
Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) was a French sculptor who mostly devoted himself to animal sculpture. He became a member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in 1892, and succeeded Antoine Louis Barye as professor of animal drawing at the Natural History Museum of Paris.
H: 14 1/2 in., (36.8 cm.)
Condition: Very good overall. Some accumulated dust.
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