19th-century Bronze, 54 Cm, Signed Emile Laporte 1858/1907, Harlequin

Lost-wax bronze, beautiful brown patina, in very good condition

Signed: Emile LAPORTE 1858/1907, artist listed and priced, Artprice value up to over 10,000 €.

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Subject: Harlequin

Dimensions: height: 54 cm, width: 19 cm, depth: 15 cm, - 7 kg

Biography:

Émile LAPORTE 1858 / 1907

Sculptor, medalist, and painter born in Paris on November 18, 1858; died in the same city in 1907. French School.

Émile Laporte was the son of Isidore Laporte and Marie Harlet.

A student of the sculptors Gabriel-Jules Thomas, Augustin Dumont, Jean-Marie Bonnassieux, and Louis-Ernest Barrias at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he began exhibiting his work at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881. After receiving awards, he became a member of the salon’s society in 1888. His last exhibition at the salon was in 1905.

Laporte produced a large number of plaster works, cast, among others, by the foundry Siot-Decauville

He made his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français. Notable among his works is the Bust of Parrache for Lyon City Hall. He received an honorable mention in 1883, a third medal in 1885, a travel grant in 1886, a second medal in 1897, and a silver medal in 1900 at the World’s Fair.

Source: Bénézit and Pierre Kjellberg, *Dictionary of Sculptors: 19th-Century Bronzes*, Éditions de l’Amateur, 1997.

Museums:

Angers: Bust of a Gallic Chieftain, bronze

Autun:  Pro Patria

Clermont-Ferrand: Vercingetorix

Tourcoing: Gaul showing the way to his son

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Bronze on display at our gallery in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France) on weekends.

Free shipping within France

And upon request for international shipping

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