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THBAfter Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, (French, 1827-1875), The Dancing Lesson
Lot 352
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- Lot Description
After Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
(French, 1827-1875)
The Dancing Lesson
terra cotta
unsigned
Height 77 inches.
Estimate $ 20,000-40,000
Property from the Collection of H. Whinery Oppice, Prescott, Arizona
Provenance:
The Vanderbilt family collection at Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
Note:
This superlative example of French neoclassical sculpture was purchased in 1900 by George W. Vanderbilt at Samson in Paris. For several decades it was displayed in the gardens of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, but due to heavy winds and storms, the sculpture was knocked off its pedestal and required frequent restoration.
In 1978, after damage resulting from a particularly severe storm, the Biltmore estate sent the sculpture to Pietrasanta, Italy to be copied in white marble. Mr. Oppice, an artist and sculpture restorer, was tasked with reassembling the damaged sculpture and then overseeing reproduction of the sculpture by the studio of Fratelli Giannoni. The white marble figure is now permanently installed in its predecessor's place. After the project was finished, Mr. Oppice asked the Vanderbilt Estate if he could keep the original statue, and was granted permission to do so. The statue remained in the marble carving studio in Italy until 2005 when it was shipped back to the United States.
A companion statue titled Bacante y Fauno Nino is on permanent display at the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Reference:
House & Garden, November, 1901 "Biltmore, North Carolina, Designed by Richard M. Hunt and Olmsted Brothers," Pages 1 and 5
The Asheville Citizen-Times, March, 26, 1950, section 7, page 12
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