ID 998961
Lot 89 | CHARLES-HENRI-JOSEPH CORDIER (FRENCH, 1827-1905)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Arabe Coulougli
signed, inscribed and dated 'CORDIER C./ALGER/1856' (on the left of the base); inscribed 'ST.LAS CHAVAROCHE. Fondeur/à PARIS.' (on the right of the base)
bronze, deep brown patina
16 7/8 in. (42.6 cm.) high
Provenance
The artist.
His sale; Foster, London, 8 May 1861, lot 54, as The Coulougli.
where purchased by Forces.
with Heim Gallery, London, 1978.
Private collection, Spain.
with Shepherd Gallery, New York, where purchased by the present owner, circa 1978.
Literature
C. Cordier, Sculptures ethnographiques, Marbres et bronzes d'apres divers types de races humaines, Paris, 1858, no. 16, illustrated, as Koulougli.
É. Cardon and A. Noirot, 'Industrie indigène - Ethnographie,' L'Algérie: agricole, commerciale, industrielle, Paris, 1860, vol. 3, p. 209, no. 4, as Le Coulougli.
A. Andréï, 'Galerie anthropologique et ethnographique de M. Cordier,' L'Art du dix-neuvieme siècle, vol. v, 1860.
J. Durand-Révillon and E. Papet, 'Catalogue Raisonné,' Facing the Other: Charles Cordier (1827-1905) Ethnographic Sculptor, New York, 2004, p. 145, no. 12, illustrated.
L. de Margerie, 'Works by Charles Cordier Exhibited Between 1848 and 1906,' Facing the Other: Charles Cordier (1827-1905) Ethnographic Sculptor, New York, 2004, p. 230.
A. L. Childs, The Black Exotic: Tradition and Ethnography in Nineteenth-Century Orientalist Art, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland, 2005, p. 178.
Exhibited
Paris, Palais de l'Industrie, L'œuvre de M. Cordier, 1860, pp. 10-11, no. 4, as Le Coulougli.
London, The Gallery, Ethnographical Gallery of Sculpture by Mr. Cordier illustrating the most prominent types of the human race, February 1861, no. 4, as The Coulougli.
Stanford, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, on long-term loan, 2003-2022.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Charles Cordier (1827 - 1905) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Bust |
| Artist: | Charles Cordier (1827 - 1905) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Bust |
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