Auction 110 - Tag 3
Fine Art, Ceramics, Metalware & Sculptures
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
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May 27, 2023
Hammerstraße 30, 8523 Plauen, Germany
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This is session 3 of 3 of our 110th auction
featuring over 1300 items in the categories fine art, ceramics, metalware, sculptures and more! Please visit our webpage to find the current session schedule with the respective categories and further information.
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LOT 3520:
Emmanuel Villanis, bust "La Sibylle"
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Start price:
€
280
Buyer's Premium: 27%
VAT: 19%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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Emmanuel Villanis, bust "La Sibylle"
c. 1900, signed on the shoulder "E. Villanis", stamped "Société des Bronzes de Paris" and letter P, titled on the recto "La sibylle", bronze polychrome painted in cold colours, depicting a bust in oriental-looking garment and headband, all decorated with coins and fringes, on a red marble base with bevelled upper edges, tiny rubbed in parts, h bronze c. 19,5 cm, h overall c. 22 cm. Artist's note: French sculptor (1858 Lille to 1914 Paris), trained at the Academia Albertina di Belle Arti Turin, worked mainly in Paris, preferred busts of young women. Source: Cf. Harold Berman, Bronzes, Sculptors & Founders 1800-1930, Volume One, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen 1994, p. 62 f. and Wikipedia.co.uk.
