Henri-Honoré Plé
Un important buste de femme orientaliste en bronze multipatiné
£28,000
An Important Multipatinated Bronze Orientalist Female Bust by Henri Honoré Plé. Engraved to the back 'Henri Plé / 1883'. French, Dated 1883.
Dimensions
Hauteur : 61 cm (25 in)Largeur : 52 cm (21 in)
Profondeur : 25 cm (10 in)
Description
An Important Multipatinated Bronze Orientalist Female Bust by Henri Honoré Plé.
Engraved to the back ‘Henri Plé / 1883’.
French, Dated 1883.
Date
Dated 1883
Origine
France
Moyen
Bronze multipatiné
Signature
Engraved to the back Henri Plé / 1883.
Henri Honoré Plé (1853 – 1922) studied under Gérault and Mathurin Moreau, and worked as a painter and sculptor of portraits and bas-reliefs. He exhibited at the Salon from 1877 onwards winning an honourable mention in 1879 before going on to receive a bronze medal at the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle.
Bibliographie :
Forrest, Michael. Art Bronzes, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, (Pennsylvania), 1998.