JEAN-EUGÈNE BAFFIER (1851-1920) - FORMER ANGELO MARIANI AND JACQUES MARIANI COLLECTIONS Fleurs de pois, the model (in plaster) created in [1895] and presented the same year at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Pair of spectacular candelabras, each with 5 lights; one at the top and the other four in arms of light. Bronze proofs with medal patina. Early edition casting, late 19th - early 20th century. H.57 cm - D.40 cm Provenance : - Angelo Mariani Collection. - Jacques Mariani Collection, by descent. - Indivision Mariani - Sale December 20, 2013, Hôtel Drouot, Paris. Related exhibitions and works : - Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts - Paris, Champ de Mars, April 25 to June 30, 1895. The plaster model presented at this event (no. 146.2). - Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts - Paris, Grand Palais des Beaux-Arts, April 22 to June 30, 1901. A three-light variant exhibited at this show. - Art appliqué moderne. Rétrospective de Jean Baffier - Paris, Musée Galliera, December 20, 1920 - February 20, 1921. An identical pair exhibited at this show. Bibliography : - Catalog illustré des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, dessins, gravure, objets d'art et d'architecture exposés au Champ de Mars le 25 avril 1895 - Catalogue du Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts organisé au Champ de Mars, Paris (25 avril - 30 juin 1895), Typographie Chamerot et Renouard, Paris, 1895. The plaster model referenced under number 146.2 in the "Objets d'art" section, page L. - L'Art décoratif - N° 35, August 1901. A three-light variant is reproduced on page 184. - La Renaissance de l'Art Français et des Industries de Luxe - N° 1, January 1921. One of our candelabras reproduced on page 21. - Neil McWilliam - Monumental intolerance: Jean Baffier, a nationalist sculptor in fin-de-siècle France - Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 2000. An identical pair reproduced under illustration 55 of the catalog, page 148, on an archive photograph.