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Fortuna Circa 1867 Charles Henri Joseph Cordier

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Fortuna Circa 1867 Charles Henri Joseph Cordier
<B><I>Fortuna, Torchere Femme a la Corne (Woman with a Cornucopia, Torchere)</B></I></B></I><B><BR></B></I><BR>Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827-1905)<BR>Circa 1867<BR>Bronze, Algerian onyx and marble<BR>64 inches (162.6 cm)<BR>Incised: C. Cordier<BR><BR> The Goddess standing holding a cornucopia, with one arm raised over her head, wearing a draped gown carved in Algerian onyx, with head, bust, arm, cornucopia and legs cast in bronze with deep brown patination. The base signed <I>C</B></I>. <I>Cordier</B></I>. Raised on a red-veined marble pedestal.<BR><BR>Provenance: 1987 private collection, Germany; June 10-13, 1988, Sotheby's, London, no. 47W, September 27, 1991, Sotheby's, London, no. 13 (<I>Fortuna</B></I>). In <I>Facing the Other, Charles Cordier (1827-1905) </B></I>by Laure de Margerie and Edouard Pepet, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., a publication to accompany the exhibition by the same title shown at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, and the Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, 2004, page 213 states that this sculpture's present location is "unknown."<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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