Rachel Hautot (1882-1935) Oriental girl Patinated plaster Annotated Fifth proof RH 1924 Signed R.HAUTOT H. 28 cm Wear Related literature: Stéphane Richemond, Les Orientalistes, dictionnaire des sculpteurs, XIXe-XXe siècles, Paris, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, 2008, pp. 113-115. A student of Laurent Marqueste, Rachel Hautot was awarded the Prix Tunisie at the Salon de la Société Coloniale des Artistes Français in 1912. After her first trip to North Africa, she exhibited regularly at the Salon de la Société des peintres orientalistes français and at colonial salons. She settled in Tunis in the 1920s. Her main concern was to depict the authenticity and diversity of the Tunisian people.