Un exemplaire en bronze de la Danaïde
13/7/04
- Question Chyrl Corrigan:
I found your e-mail address on the
www.jamespradier.com website, to which I was referred by Nidal Ouaiss
from the Galerie Atena in Paris. Unfortunately, I do
not speak or read French so I cannot read what is on the
website. I am trying to gather information about a
sculpture. I have attached pictures of it, including a
picture of the stamp « PRADIER 1852 » near the
base of the sculpture. It looks like a bronze, maybe 45 cm
tall. I know that it was acquired about 50 or 60 years ago,
in the western New York, United States area. I have been
searching through sites that include the works of James
Pradier, and cannot find mention of one that resembles this
one. Is there another Pradier that was a sculpture at this
time? Could this be a work by James Pradier who lived from
1790-1852? I would appreciate any information you could
provide for me, or any other contacts that I may use. Thank
you for your time.
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27/8/04 - Réponse D. Siler.
Thanks very much for your e-mail and I
am very pleased to see such a fine example of James Pradier's
Danaïde. Judging from what you say, you only know
it from pictures. Can you tell me where it is and perhaps put
me in touch with the owner? It is a well-known work. The Musée
d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva has a plaster model, 48
cm. high, signed and dated « J. Pradier 1852 »
(unlike the example you have found, the signature includes
the initial « J »). You will find images of this
model along with an analysis of the work in the Statues
de chair exhibition catalogue, pp. 176-178. A similar
model belonging to a private collection is pictured below.
Other examples can be seen on the present website in the Ventes
section under
Ventes aux enchères 2003
(Auctions 2003).
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