Charles Despiau and Valsuani
La Bacchante
1929
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, Overall: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.416
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase from Charles Girard, Paris, 22 Sep. 1930.
"A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940", The Baltimore Museum of Art, 6 June-1 September, 1941.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore, Maryland" (Baltimore: 1934) plate. # 115.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 45, no. 137.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection, Revised Edition," (Baltimore: BMA, 1967) no. 126.
Léon Deschairs, "C. Despiau," (Paris: Les Editions G. Crés and Co., 1930) 47.
Waldemar George, "Despiau," (New York: Universe Books, Inc., 1959) plate # 17.
"A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940, (Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941) 87.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta," (Baltimore: BMA, 1985) 183.
Inscribed: "C. Despiau" inscribed twice on rear of sculpture; once very faintly, probably on plaster or clay model, the other time very crisply, probably in the wax.
Markings: Right rear, foundry mark, "Cire - C. Valsuani - perdue" "3/8" .
