Snail Fishergirl, from Puys

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Object Details

Artist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French, b. Valenciennes, 1827–1875
Date
1872
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
27 5/8 x 9 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (70.0 x 23.7 x 23.0 cm)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Accession Number
86.772

The Artist's atelier, Paris [possibly one of six inventoried in the atelier in 1880]
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, by 1973-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Signature
Incised on front of socle, LC: J.B. Carpeaux, Dieppe 1872
Inscriptions
Stamped on L side of socle, LC: PUYS; on front of socle, UL: PROPRIETE [EAGLE SYMBOL] CARPEAUX; on R side of socle: 856; on back of socle, UR: ATELIER & DEPOT/71 RUE BOILEAU/AUTEUIL.PARIS

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
Puys
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