Multipatinated Bronze Orientalist Female Bust

Object Description

An Important Multipatinated Bronze Orientalist Female Bust by Henri Honoré Plé.

Engraved to the back ‘Henri Plé / 1883’.

Object History

Henri Honoré Plé (1853 – 1922) studied under Gérault and Mathurin Moreau, and worked as a painter and sculptor of portraits and bas-reliefs. He exhibited at the Salon from 1877 onwards winning an honourable mention in 1879 before going on to receive a bronze medal at the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle.

Object Literature

Forrest, Michael. Art Bronzes, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, (Pennsylvania), 1998.

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