ALBERT BARTHOLOMÉ (1848-1928) Fountain (composition with woman and snail), the model created in [1896] and presented at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1896, the bronze and pewter edition by the Maison Siot-Decauville produced from 1899 Sculpture. Proof in silver-plated bronze. Cast from an early edition, circa 1900. Signed A. BARTHOLOMÉ on the basin. Height : 84 cm Provenance : Estate X. Paris VIII. Exhibition and related work: Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1896 - The marble model exhibited under no. 13 and titled Petite Fontaine in the salon-bibliothèque designed by Guillaume Dubufe, cited on pages 223 and 229 of the catalogue of this event. Museum and related work : The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris holds the marble copy of this fountain, acquired at the 1896 Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, under inventory number 8419. Bibliography & related works : - Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1896 Exhibition - Catalogue of works of painting, sculpture, drawings, engraving, architecture and objets d'art exhibited at the Champs-de-Mars on 25 April 1896 - The marble example, exhibited as number 13 within the salon-library designed by Guillaume Dubufe, cited on pages 223 and 229. - Bronzes & objets d'art Siot-Decauville éditeur - Catalogue commercial, Paris, around 1900. An identical example in bronze or pewter, with dimensions 85 x 35 x 35 cm and offered at a price of 700 francs (whether in pewter or bronze), referenced and reproduced on page 56. - Thérèse Burollet - Albert Bartholomé la redécouverte d'un grand sculpteur - Éditions Arthena, Paris, 2017. Marble variants of our fountain reproduced and referenced on pages 83 and 246. Identical copies in bronze or pewter cast by Siot-Decauville reproduced and referenced on page 247.