Lot #1615: ISIDORE JULES BONHEUR [imputee] - Taureau - Bronze sculpture

             

Artist: Isidore Jules Bonheur [imputee] (1827-1901).
Title: "Taureau".
Medium: Bronze sculpture.
Date: Composed c1878?.
Lot Note(s): Signed "I. Bonheur" on the sculpture. Fine, quality casting. Very good condition; the polished marble plinth in good condition with the expected wear and small losses to the edges. Comment(s): Dimensions: height 13 1/2" x width 16 3/4" x depth 7 3/4". Bonheur is best known as one of the 19th century's most distinguished French animalier sculptors. [27903-12-1600]