Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) - Lot 224

Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Pair of putti Two figures in white marble, trays and pedestals in in grey Sainte-Anne marble. Signed A Carrier on the base. Misses and accidents. H. 40 cm Related literature: June Ellen Hargrove, Gilles Grandjean, Carrier-Belleuse Le Maître de Rodin, exhibition catalog, Palais de Compiègne, May 22 - October 27, 2014, RMN, Paris, 2014. In the 1860s, Carrier Belleuse devoted himself to creating small groups of children in the spirit of Clodion and the 18th-century terracottists, which he integrated into both statuary and the decorative arts. These subjects, of varying sizes, were a great success, and were distributed by his workshop in all materials.