Anthony's Fine Art ART FOR SALE

An 19th century French terracotta statue of a young girl, the standing figure in delicately carved drapery leaning against a tree stump with a garland of flowers at her side. The pedestal is incised, CH. LE Bourg 1866.

Emerging from the shadows sits a man in a 3/4 profile, his arm gently resting on the top of a spindle-back chair with his intense gaze deftly illuminated. With bold brushstrokes, few details and an imposing composition , Sargent's sitter encroaches into our space creating an intimate viewing.

This work, "Tigre de l'Annam" c. 1895, is a remarkable demonstration of Durand's skills. The tiger ? beautifully and realistically rendered ?  is spread out in a leafy bower. Durand successfully combines the exotic and bright colors of the Orientalist tradition of his training, with the soft, pastel colors in the peacock feathers, which are a direct influence of Japonisme. The resulting work exhibits both a powerful masculinity and a soft feminine quality. Signed 'GVE, SURAND' lower left, indistinctly inscribed on remnants of old exhibition labels on the reverse oil on canvas