Émile Louis PICAULT (1833-1915) - Lot 155

Émile Louis PICAULT (1833-1915) "The Egyptian High Priest Hierogrammate and the Egyptian Scribe Pastophore" Pair of torchères in black patina bronze and griotte red marble Each signed "Picault" on the base Dimensions of the sculptures: H 108 x W 28 x D 25 cm on griotte red and black marble bases Each torchiere is electrified and features a cream-colored truncated-cone lampshade. Total height: 125 cm Minor scattered wear and Horus head to be refixed on the vase-canope Related works : -Émile Louis Picault, Le grand prêtre égyptien Hiérogrammate et le Scribe égyptien Pastophore, circa 1875, bronze, gilt bronze and red marble, H. 47 x W. 17 x D. 11.4 cm, Aberystwyth University School of Art museum and Galleries, n°inv. BE10 and BE11. Related literature -Harold Berman, Bronzes, sculptors and founders, 1800-1930, Abage Publisher, Chicago, 1974; -Pierre Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXème siècle, Les Editions, de l'Amateur, Paris, 1989; -Stephane Richemond, with the participation of Denise Grouard, Les Orientalistes, dictionnaire des sculpteurs XIXe-XXe siècles, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2008, pp.161-162 -Guillaume Peigné, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs néo-baroques français (1870-1914), Paris, CTHS, coll. "Format no 71", 2012, pp. 399-403 "... Monsieur Picault has made a speciality of himself, he deals with Egyptian archaeology: he is the only one who produces this part in the industrial arts. His workshop displays a magnificent Sesostris...". Le Figaro (dated September 19, 1875) Expertise Cabinet Lacroix-Jeannest