Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) Crouching young woman Sketch in terra cotta Bears an old label "Study for a Carpeaux stamp H. 9.4 cm Related literature: Sur les traces de Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, cat. exp., Paris, Grand Palais, March 11-May 5, 1975, Paris, Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1975, cat. 265, 266 and 269. Perhaps this is a first thought quickly sketched out for the crouching Flora in the high relief of the Pavillon de Flore in the Louvre.
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Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) Crouching young woman Sketch in terra cotta Bears an old label "Study for a Carpeaux stamp H. 9.4 cm Related literature: Sur les traces de Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, cat. exp., Paris, Grand Palais, March 11-May 5, 1975, Paris, Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1975, cat. 265, 266 and 269. Perhaps this is a first thought quickly sketched out for the crouching Flora in the high relief of the Pavillon de Flore in the Louvre.

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Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) Crouching young woman Sketch in terra cotta Bears an old label "Study for a Carpeaux stamp H. 9.4 cm Related literature: Sur les traces de Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, cat. exp., Paris, Grand Palais, March 11-May 5, 1975, Paris, Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1975, cat. 265, 266 and 269. Perhaps this is a first thought quickly sketched out for the crouching Flora in the high relief of the Pavillon de Flore in the Louvre.
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