Allegory of the Month of May
1890
Terracotta
50 cm
Signed, dated, and titled: VBastet / 1890 / Moi de Mai
Restoration to the pedestal
Bust of a smiling and joyful girl titled Mois de Mai, by Victorien Bastet, dating from 1890. Bastet, born a peasant in Bollène in the Vaucluse (50 km north of Avignon), became one of the best sculptors in France. With this young girl Bastet has captured a smile and an authentic joy, pure and without artifice.



































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