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Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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Magnificent Biography & Study of David d'Angers
Jouin, Henry. DAVID D'ANGERS: SA VIE, SON OEUVRE, SES ÉCRITS ET SES CONTEMPORAINES. Paris: E. Plon et Cie., 1878. Two volumes, complete. 4to, contemporary matching tan quarter calf with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, brown spine labels, gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; silk markers. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of David in first volume, with engraved frontispiece portrait of David in second; (10), iii, (1), 601, (5) + (6), iv, 582, (4) pages; 13 + 11 additional plates, mostly engraved by A. Durand (including a magnificent double folding plate depicting David's pediment of the Panthéon), with others by Godefroy, Bourgeois, Leroux, Goupil and Lingée. Binding sound with minor wear and rubbing; interiors fresh and clean. Near fine. A highly important study of the life and work of the French sculptor David d'Angers (1788–1856), whose portrait medals have made him a favorite of numismatists for over a century. Very scarce, particularly intact with all plates including the extraordinary double folding plate depicting the Panthéon's figurative pediment, the work of David. Forrer page 533: "David d'Angers will remain a great figure in the History of Art of the XIXth century. According to a modern critic, he belongs especially to that school of sculpture that delights in blending the spirit of Greek Art with the forms required to give historical accuracy to the impersonations of our period. He has brought sculpture to be most useful to society at large, by modelling hundreds of medallions of the celebrated men of his age, in which he has not only attained a rare degree of external resemblance, but also succeeded in unmistakably fixing the most recondite features of character. He paved the way for the present French school of medallists." David was one of Richard Margolis's favorite artists, and this set has been well cared for.
Jouin, Henry. DAVID D'ANGERS: SA VIE, SON OEUVRE, SES ÉCRITS ET SES CONTEMPORAINES. Paris: E. Plon et Cie., 1878. Two volumes, complete. 4to, contemporary matching tan quarter calf with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, brown spine labels, gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; silk markers. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of David in first volume, with engraved frontispiece portrait of David in second; (10), iii, (1), 601, (5) + (6), iv, 582, (4) pages; 13 + 11 additional plates, mostly engraved by A. Durand (including a magnificent double folding plate depicting David's pediment of the Panthéon), with others by Godefroy, Bourgeois, Leroux, Goupil and Lingée. Binding sound with minor wear and rubbing; interiors fresh and clean. Near fine. A highly important study of the life and work of the French sculptor David d'Angers (1788–1856), whose portrait medals have made him a favorite of numismatists for over a century. Very scarce, particularly intact with all plates including the extraordinary double folding plate depicting the Panthéon's figurative pediment, the work of David. Forrer page 533: "David d'Angers will remain a great figure in the History of Art of the XIXth century. According to a modern critic, he belongs especially to that school of sculpture that delights in blending the spirit of Greek Art with the forms required to give historical accuracy to the impersonations of our period. He has brought sculpture to be most useful to society at large, by modelling hundreds of medallions of the celebrated men of his age, in which he has not only attained a rare degree of external resemblance, but also succeeded in unmistakably fixing the most recondite features of character. He paved the way for the present French school of medallists." David was one of Richard Margolis's favorite artists, and this set has been well cared for.