Thalie
Original posthumous bronze proof in a shade of brown and green patina illustrating Thalia, the muse of Comedy. This muse appears as a woman with a smiling face, holding with her right arm a drapery which hides almost nothing of her body. She is accompanied by Eros, little cheeky boy, who is hiding behind a comedy mask. Both of them are standing on a square base. Titled « THALIE » in relief at the front of the base. This sculpture was created around 1943-44.
Signed: A. Janniot. Foundry: Susse – cast number: 1/8 – 2007.
Dimensions :
Height: 58 ¾ in.
Width: 23 ¾ in.
Depth: 13 ¾ in.
Total height: 84 ¼ in.
Pedestal: 25 ½ x 14 x 14 in.
Certificate:
This bronze proof is one of the twelve legal posthumous proofs realised from the original stone sculpted by the artist and in similar conditions than when he was alive. It is coming with a certificate from Galerie Michel Giraud, according to the artist’s legal successor Mme Anne Demeurisse, who authorized the posthumous edition of this sculpture.
Remarks:
The original stone sculpture of Thalie was part of a group of four muses situated in the garden of the Thebaïde, where Janniot lived during the Second World War, lodged by Mr Ducos after the destruction of his Parisian workshop. Thalie was with Melpomene, muse of Tragedy, Terpsichore, muse of Dance, and Erato, muse of Love Poetry, near the garden terrace.
Museum:
Exhibited at the occasion of the retrospective Alfred Janniot : sculpteur des années trente at the Musée des Beaux Arts of Nice, 2007.
Bibliographie :
Alfred Janniot, à la gloire de Nice, GMG éditions, 2007, similar bronze proof ill. p. 76 n°39 and original stone model ill. p. 76 n° 37
Alfred Janniot, propos mythologiques et modernes, Galerie Michel Giraud, Paris, la Librairie du Passage & GMG éditions, 2006, original stone model ill. p. 120.
Alfred-Auguste Janniot, Paris, Somogy éditions d’art, 2003, original stone model ill. p. 146.
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