The Winkle Gatherer, model designed before 1874

  • Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, French, 1827-1875

Terracotta, cast

  • Overall: 27 9/16 × 9 13/16 × 8 7/16 inches, 17.8 pounds (70 × 25 × 21.5 cm, 8.1 kg) Block: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (24.8 × 16.5 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper

1994.127

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

Signed (incised), on base: JB. CARPEAUX. DIEPPE. 1874

Stamped: on ground at back: propriete Carpeaux [with an eagle cachet] Stamped: Atelier Depot, 74 rue Boileau, Auteuil Paris Stamped, at back of base: 1266

Inscribed, front of base: PUYS

ca. 1980, (Gallerie des Antiquaires, Paris, France)

Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA)

1995-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, The Winkle Gatherer, model designed before 1874, terracotta, cast. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper, 1994.127.