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Terracotta sculpture signed Charles Virion * representing a cat making his toilet, signed below Cytère ** United France, placed on a wooden base, vintage late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This sculpture is in good condition. Signed see photos.
A note: some scratches and wear on the terracotta at the back of the cat, some wear and dirt and small slots on the base, see photos.
animal sculptor (Ec fr). Student of P. Aubé and Ch. Gauthier. Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes français since 1886; honorable mention in 1893; member in 1893; third class medal in 1895; bronze medal in 1900, at the Universal Exhibition; Animal Museum since 1913. The Museums of Calais, Nemours, Rochefort, Saint-Dizier and Sao Paolo preserve works of this artist. (See Benefit)
Well-known artist on Artprice.
** Alphonse Cytère (1861 -1941) is a French ceramist engineer linked to the École de Nancy. He has developed a new technique for transforming an enamel with metallic reflections which has earned their notoriety "flamed sandstone Rambervillers".
