Continental Art Nouveau Earthenware Figure of a Nymph Titled La Cigale (The Cicada)
1891
Mounted on a faux rouge marble painted earthenware base, inscribed Schumacher and indistinctly signed with the name of a collaborative artist, dated. Height overall 18 7/8 inches.

C

restorations, including (but not limited to) both pinky fingers; there is a chip loss to the top tip end of a leaf frond at the rear; the sculpture now has an allover soiled and slightly yellow tinted grime appearance; horizontal ring-shaped thin hairline fissure to both the right and left upper arm area; there are several thin hairline fissures to the body, primarily located at the figure's left buttock and right buttock; there is a similar fissure visible at the interior side of the figure's raised right knee area; there are scattered superficial scuff and scratch marks as well as some scattered small spot stains, commensurate with age, not of any great consequence; minor nicks and chips to some of the rim edges and corner tips on the base, not of any great consequence; etc.; not blacklighted; height of figure (excluding base): 16 5/8 inches

Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.