Aleda and the Swan, Finest US Lost Wax Bronze Sculpture by Clesinger

Description

While some of us like to lay down and rest with our pet dogs or cats, this naked lady prefers to relax with her comfort swan. This unique classic sculpture of a nude lady relaxing with her swan by Clesinger is perfect for a boudoir, bath, pool or spa. The original sculpture can be found in the Musée de Picardie .

Cast in the superior lost wax process, finished in two toned patinas and mounted on a fine marble base with an etched brass nameplate, this large statue measures 18’H X 32″L.

About the artist:

Auguste Clésinger was born in Besançon, in the Doubs department of France. His father, Georges-Philippe, was a sculptor and trained Auguste in art. Auguste first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1843 with a bust of vicomte Jules de Valdahon and last exhibited there in 1864. At the 1847 Salon, he created a sensation with his Woman bitten by a serpent, produced from life-casts from his model Apollonie Sabatier (the pose being particularly suitable for such a method), thus reinforcing the scandal with an erotic dimension.

At the death of the composer-pianist Frédéric Chopin on 17 October 1849, Clésinger made Chopin’s death mask and a cast of his hands. He also sculpted, in 1850, the white marble funerary monument of Euterpe, the muse of music, for Chopin’s grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris.