JANNIOT Alfred Auguste, after, by the workshop of Innocenzo - Lot 116

JANNIOT Alfred Auguste, after, by the workshop of Innocenzo Italo Antonio SANTELLI (1889-1963) Nymph - Tribute to Jean Goujon, circa 1924 plaster with light beige patina (small chips and traces of patina wear), unsigned Height: 59.5 cm; Depth: 33 cm; Width: 44 cm. Bust of the nymph on the left in the famous Hommage à Jean Goujon, the artist's masterpiece. Group created in 1925 and presented at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs, in front of the Ruhlmann pavilion, known as the Pavillon du Collectionneur. This monumental work was a great success and launched Janniot's career. Many details of this group were used as stand-alone works, the fragments becoming decorative interior sculptures. RELATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Anne Demeurisse, Alfred Auguste Janniot, éditions d'art Somogy, Paris, 2003, models and similar plaster casts from the tribute to Jean Goujon described and reproduced; Michel Giraud and Fabienne Fravalo, Alfred Janniot, Propos mythologiques et modernes, Paris, 2006, Hommage à Jean Goujon, pp.30-35. PROVENANCE: Collection of Italo Santelli, Alfred Auguste Janniot's principal practitioner. We would like to thank Madame Demeurisse for the information she provided.