Large Sower [Grand Semeur] by Aimé-Jules Dalou (1897-1902). Bronze with a dark brown patination. Height:18¼ inches (46cm). Inscribed “Susse Fres Edts Paris and cire perdue.” Inset with Susse Fres Editeurs Paris foundry pastille. Robert Bowman, London. Photograph by Julian Jans. Another view. [Click on image to enlarge it.]
Commentary by Robert Bowman
The present model is one of over a hundred studies that Dalou executed whilst working on his Monument to the Workers.
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Bibliography
Aimé-Jules Dalou (1897-1902). Online exhibition catalogue. London: Bowman Sculpture, 2014. Web. 29 November 2014.
Last modified 29 November 2014