Chryselephantine figure 'La Nature se dévoilant à la Science', 1889 – Louis-Ernest Barrias

Louis-Ernest Barrias
Chryselephantine figure 'La Nature se dévoilant à la Science', 1889

H. 40.5 cm, H. 43 cm (overall). Bronze, gilt, lapis cabochon and green gemstone. Head, torso, arms and feet in carved ivory. Hem of the garment signed: EBarrias, foundry signet of Susse Frs. Edts. Paris (embossed, partially faint). Red marble base.

Design in marble, 1889, for the Medical Faculty in Bordeaux. A second copy stood on the grand staircase of the Conservatoire d'Art et Métiers in Paris.

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Estimate: 7,000 € - 9,000 €

182A - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
16. June 2026 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Cadet, Susse Frères, Paris 1992, p. 52, p. 281 (cat. 1910); https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/la-nature-se-devoilant-2016 An EC certificate has been issued for this lot by the Department for Climate and Environmental Protection of the City of Munich, which allows objects with ivory to be marketed within the European Union.

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Chryselephantine figure 'La Nature se dévoilant à la Science', 1889