DESBOIS Jules (1851-1935)

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JULES DESBOIS – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – “LA COMEDIE”, CIRCA 1905

“LA COMEDIE”, CIRCA 1905
Bronze with a brown patina. Lost wax cast by Hébrard
Signed, with foundry mark

Exhibition
Musée Galliéra. Exposition du Fer Forgé, du Cuivre et de l’Etain, 1905
According to Raymond Huard and Pierre Maillot, authors of Jules Desbois sculpteur, le cherche midi éditeur, January 2000, a bronze example, cast by Hébrard, would have been exhibited in 1905 in Venice and Berlin
A statuette, in plaster, is part of the collections of the musée du Petit Palais in Paris. 0,320 x 0,180 x 0,168 cm.

Bibliography
1905, Musée Galliéra. Exposition du Fer Forgé, du Cuivre et de l’Etain. A jug in pewter was executed in the workshops of SIOT-DECAUVILLE. The showcase 7 executed in copper by Henri Husson and contains: a coupe Champignon, a vase Les Nymphes , four statuettes Feuilles d’Automne, Comédie, Musique and La Fleur; Les Remous (?), a vase Satyres, deux plates Tête de femme and Nénuphars, a bowl Libellule and a small bowl with handles Libellule, a pitcher Le Houblon in pewter and copper. All these objects are edited by A.-A. HEBRARD. Showcase 9: Tobacco pot in pewter (SIOT-DECAUVILLE), a decorative plate in pewter belonging to the museum
The small bowl Libellule is illustrated in the Rapport Général de l’Exposition by Pierre ROCHE, p. 11
Raymond Huard , Pierre Maillot, Jules Desbois sculpteur, le cherche midi éditeur, the model in plaster is illustrated p. 105, under the number 16

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JULES DESBOIS – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – “DANSE” OR “FEMME NUE A L’ÉCHARPE”, 1906

“DANSE” OR “FEMME NUE A L’ÉCHARPE”, 1906
Bronze sculpture; lost wax cast by Hébrard
Signed
34.3 cm. high

A similar example in terracotta at the musée d’Orsay, inv. n. RF3199
Model in plaster and tissue, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA

Exhibition
1914, Musée Galliéra, Exposition de la statuette et du meuble qui l’accompagne

Bibliography
Musée d’Orsay. Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures, similar example in terracotta illustrated p. 142, n. RF3199
Breaking the Mold-Sculpture in Paris from Daumier to Rodin, Edited by Phillip Dennis Cate,
published by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, ill. p. 67, n°140,
October 23, 2005-March 12, 2006