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Art Nouveau sculpture seated nude slave girl.
Art Nouveau sculpture seated nude slave girl by Emmanuel Villanis.
Art metal, cold painted patina. France 1900.
H. 60 cm.
A semi nude slave girl sitting on a stone bench, her hands chained behind her back.
She is wearing earrings, a red turban and a red skirt.
Illustrations of this model:
on page 23 of
Emmanuel Villanis, Josje Hortulanus- de Mik. (skirt missing)
on page 643 of
Les bronzes de XIXe siècle, Pierre Kjellberg, Les éditions des amateurs.
and on page 606 of
Bronzes, sculptors and founders, H. Berman, Abage.
A description of this model can be found in
Emmanuel Villanis, un sculpteur art nouveau, Pascal Launay, Thélès.
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