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Materials:

white marble

Size Notes:

base: 11cm

Description:

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Condition:

restoration on nose

Literature:

en rapport : ; Georges Giacometti, 'La vie et l'œuvre de Houdon', vol. 2, Paris,1929 ; Frances Davis Whittemore, 'George Washington in Sculpture', Boston, 1933 ; R. Walton Moore, "General Washington and Houdon", in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', vol. 41, n° 1, janvier 1933, p. 1-10 ; Charles J. Seymour, "Houdon's Washington at Mount Vernon Re-Examined", in 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts', 35, 1948, p. 137-158 ; Louis Réau, 'Houdon. Sa vie et son œuvre', Paris, 1964 ; John S. Hallam, "Houdon's Washington in Richmond: Some New Observations", 'The American Art Journal', vol. 10, n° 2 , 1978, p. 72-80 ; 'Jean-Antoine Houdon. Sculptor of the Enlightenment', cat. exp., Washington, Los Angeles, Versailles, 2003-2004, p. 263-268