Lot n° 214
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Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902) - Lot 214
Aimé-Jules DALOU (1838-1902)
After DALOU
The unknown truth
Model created in 1895
Bronze with green patina, cast in the early 20th century
Signed DALOU on the base
Lost wax on base
Foundry stamp Susse Fres Edts Paris
22 x 19 x 11.5 cm
This piece was created by Jules Dalou, sculptor of major public monuments including the Triomphe de la République which adorns the Place de la Nation in Paris.
La vérité méconnue is an allegory published in reaction to the trial of Captain Dreyfus, unjustly accused of high treason in 1894 and rehabilitated in 1906.
The chief model is kept at the Musée d'Orsay.
Bibliography:
Cited in the 1907 Susse Frères catalog devoted to Dalou's works under numbers 89 and 90 Susse Frères, Pierre Cadet, Édition Susse Frères, Paris, page 111992, page 48, fig. 81
Similar model reproduced in "Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République", Exhibition at the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 2013, page 391, no. 316, with commentary on page 390.
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