About the Artwork
The Winkle Gatherer
model designed before 1874
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
1827-1875
French
Unknown
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)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Mopper
1994.127
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Markings
Signed (incised), on base: JB. CARPEAUX. DIEPPE. 1874
Inscribed, front of base: PUYS
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
Provenance
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)
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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.
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