Lot no. 56
French school circa 1800
Moorish couple
Pair of busts in white marble
H. 60 cm, and pedestals H. 12.5 cm Related literature :
-Hugh Honour, L'Amérique vue par l'Europe, cat. exp., Paris, Grand Palais, 17 September 1976-3 January 1977, Paris,
Éditions des musées nationaux, 1976;
-Anne Lafont, L'art et la race. L'Africain (tout) contre l'œil des Lumières, Dijon, Les presses
du réel, 2019.
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