Little Peasant Girl
This plaster model, exhibited at Salon of 1904 as "Petite Fille des Landes," was Despiau's first success. The marble version was shown in 1907 at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux Arts. Other versions exist in bronze and plaster; the French government owned 55.21.7 as well as a bronze cast. The base, now joined to the head, is probably not original to the figure.
Artwork Details
- Title: Little Peasant Girl
- Artist: Charles-Albert Despiau (French, Mont-de-Marsan 1874–1946 Paris)
- Date: 1904
- Culture: French
- Medium: Plaster
- Dimensions: Overall (bust): 10 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (26 × 16.2 × 21.9 cm);
Overall (base): 5 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (14.6 × 13.3 × 13 cm) - Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Marquand Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
- Object Number: 55.21.7
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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