after Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828), Two Plasterwork Models of L'Ecorche

20th century, Long Island City, New York, each with incised "Sculpture House" mark to base, one in antiqued finish numbered 1003, and other in white, both with removable arms.
29 3/4 in.
An anatomical maquette of Houdon's l'Écorche (Flayed Man), after the original completed in 1767 while Houdon was a student in Rome, and the basis for his sculpture of Saint John the Baptist now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.
From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Scattered marks to surfaces; some chips and nicks to surfaces, with areas of associated painted repair; one figure with some hairlines at knees, same with hairlines to detachable arm wrist.