A pair of Orientalist figures

Details

GASTON VEUVENOT LEROUX (FRENCH, 1854-1942)
A pair of Orientalist figures
each signed GASTON LEROUX
bronze, medium brown patina
37 in. (94 cm.) high, the male
35 ½ in. (90.1 cm.) high, the female
(2)These casts circa 1900.

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Lot Essay

A student of François Jouffroy, Gaston Veuvenot Leroux was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon. He was awarded an honorable mention in 1882 and 1883, a third class medal in 1885 and a bronze medal at the Exposition universelle of 1889 as well as that of 1900.

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