Aimé-Jules DALOU (Paris, 1838 - 1902) Reclining Nude Woman Stoneware, Manufacture de Sèvres edition Signed 'DALOU' and bears the edition stamps 'SEVRES' and 'S / 1923 / G' on the back Stamped 'MR' on the back 10.0 x 17.0 x 9.5 cm Provenance: Jacques and Michèle Ginepro Collection (collection mark affixed several times underneath); Then by descent ; Private collection, Monaco Exhibitions: Sculpture Passion. Exposition de la collection des sculptures des XIXe et XXe siècles de Monsieur Jacques Ginepro, Monaco, Salle des Arts du Sporting d'Hiver, 24 March - 16 April 1990, cat. n° 135, repr. Our sculpture can be compared with La Courtisane, a terracotta kept at the Musée du Petit-Palais (Inv. PPS00209) which, along with four other works, is part of a project for a Monument à la courtisane, also known as La Luxure (See Amélie Simier, Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République, cat. exp., Paris, Petit Palais, 18 April - 13 July 2013, p.196, n°128). Aimé-Jules DALOU (Paris, 1838 - 1902) 10.0 x 17.0 x 9.5 cm Our sculpture can be compared with La Courtisane, a terracotta in the Musée du Petit-Palais (Inv. PPS00209) which, along with four other works, is part of a project for a Monument à la courtisane, also known as La Luxure (See Amélie Simier, Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République, cat. exp., Paris, Petit Palais, 18 April - 13 July 2013, p.196, n°128).