"A Recumbent Husky" | Emmanuel Fremiet

EMMANUEL FREMIET
French, 1824-1910

Chien loulou couché

Nuanced brown patina on sand-cast bronze | Signed in base "E. FREMIET" | a Charles More cast numbered 213

Item # 202FPP12G  A good lifetime casting by Charles More numbered 215, it captures the entirely relaxed spirit of the recumbant husky dog with its bushy tail bouncing and eyes alert while taking a break. It is finished in an overall medium-brown patina with some gently relieved highlights along the texture of the body. The base is signed with a raised signature captured directly from the mold with no evidence of cold-tooling "E. FREMIET". Cast circa 1860-1880. Literary references: Bronzes of Les Animaliers, Jane Horswell, 1971, p. 187, present model illustrated The Animaliers, James Mackay, 1973, p. 43, present model illustrated as "Reclining Husky", also noted in Fremiet's catalogue on p. 145 as no. 7 Emmanuel Fremiet, 1824-1910: La main et le multiple, Catherine Chevillot, 1989, p. 74, catalogue no. S22, ill. cat. 10,
Measurements: 3" H x 6 1/8" W x 2" D Condition Report:
Light patina wear to ears and hip from handling.