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LOT 2071
Framed Marble Bust of a Crying Baby
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
21 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (5.5 kg, 54.5 x 49 cm).
With brass plate 'La Vie en Perspective: L'épingle qui pique' (Life in Perspective: the pin which pricks); finely modelled infant's face with open mouth and protruding tongue; lace borders to the hooded garment and ribbon tied beneath the throat; wooden frame with gilt and velvet field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
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Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
