About the Artwork
Pandora
1850
Jean-Jacques Pradier (Artist) French, 1790-1852 Thiebault Freres (Foundry)
Bronze
Overall: 17 15/16 × 5 3/8 × 4 3/8 inches, 13.1 pounds (45.6 × 13.6 × 11.1 cm, 5.9 kg)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman H. Mopper
F1985.121
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Markings
Inscribed, proper right on base: "Pradier scp"; Inscribed, proper left on base: "Goutier & Cie"
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Coleman H. Mopper (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
1986-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Statues de Chair: Sculptures de James Pradier (1790-1852). Exh. cat., Musee d'art et d'histoire, Musee du Luxembourg. Geneva/Paris, 1985, cat. no. 18 (ill.).
Darr, Alan Phipps. "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3. 1986, pp. 22-24. [Annual Report].
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Jean-Jacques Pradier; Thiebault Freres, Pandora, 1850, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman H. Mopper, F1985.121.
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