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Aimé-Jules Dalou — Botteleuse (Baler); Ramasseur (Gatherer); Femme rapportant de l'herbe (Woman fetching grass)
Aimé-Jules Dalou

Botteleuse (Baler); Ramasseur (Gatherer); Femme rapportant de l'herbe (Woman fetching grass)

Aimé-Jules Dalou's work presents three sculptural pieces depicting laborers engaged in rural and domestic activities: a woman baling hay, a gatherer, and a woman carrying grass. The sculptures reflect the 19th-century interest in representing working-class subjects with dignity.

Medium
Botteleuse (Baler); Ramasseur (Gatherer); Femme rapportant de l'herbe (Woman fetching grass)

🔨 Auction Lot

Sladmore: Life in Bronze

March 31, 2022

Estimate: $3,000$5,000

Lot 49

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Aimé-Jules Dalou, Botteleuse (Baler); Ramasseur (Gatherer); Femme rapportant de l'herbe (Woman fetching grass)

Aimé-Jules Dalou's work presents three sculptural pieces depicting laborers engaged in rural and domestic activities: a woman baling hay, a gatherer, and a woman carrying grass. The sculptures reflect the 19th-century interest in representing working-class subjects with dignity.

Medium
Botteleuse (Baler); Ramasseur (Gatherer); Femme rapportant de l'herbe (Woman fetching grass)
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Bronze, French, 19th Century, Sculpture, Labor, Female, Working Class, Narrative, Realism, Figurative

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