DROUOT, Edouard

Sommevoire,Haute-Marne 1859 - Paris 1945

Femme donnant des ailes à un captif

Woman Giving Wings to a Captive Man

c. 1890-1900

bronze

group

Dimensions (HxWxD): 30 x 13 x 21 in.

incised in back of base, near woman's left foot: E. Drouot

Acc. No.: 94.74

Credit Line: Arthur R. Metz Collection; Gift of the Arthur R. Metz Foundation

Photo credit: photograph by: Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Bloomington, Indiana, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University (formally Indiana University Art Museum)

www.iub.edu/~iuam

Provenance

• 1961, probably purchased from Avon Galleries, Ltd., New York, by Arthur R. Metz
• 1961?1994, Arthur R. Metz Collection
• 1994, Gift of the Arthur R. Metz Foundation to the IU Art Museum

Bibliography

• Museum's website, May 1, 2014

Comment

• Metz Collection website, April 14, 2014:
  Born in Sommevoire, Drouot studied in Paris under Emile Thomas and Mathurin Moreau, working as both a genre painter and sculptor. He was awarded a medal at the Salon of 1892 and an honorable mention at the Universal Exposition of 1900. A variety of themes and a remarkable sense of movement characterize Drouot's body of work. Considered an outstanding member of the sculpture community at the end of the nineteenth century, Drouot’s Salon entries encompassed sporting and hunting scenes, exotic Eastern subjects, mythological figures, nymphs, and whimsical allegories.

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