Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) Paper press n°1 (Nude reclining woman) Bronze with shaded brown patina Signed 'JB. Carpeaux' on the base 5.5 x 12.0 x 6.5 cm Provenance: Jacques and Michèle Ginepro Collection; Then by descent ; Private collection, Monaco Exhibitions: Sculpture Passion. Exposition de la collection des sculptures des XIXe et XXe siècles de monsieur Ginepro, Monaco, Salle des Arts du Sporting d'Hiver, 24 March - 16 April 1990, cat. no. 69, repr. Bibliography: related: Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpteur, catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre édité, Paris, 2003, p. 94, model referenced under no. SE 16. There is little trace of this charming little bronze in sales or inventories of Carpeaux's work. Its erotic connotations no doubt did not prompt the sculptor's descendants, at the end of the very modest 19th century, to demand that it be published. Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) 5.5 x 12.0 x 6.5 cm There is little trace of this charming little bronze in sales or inventories of Carpeaux's work. Its erotic connotations no doubt did not prompt the sculptor's descendants, at the end of the very modest 19th century, to claim it as their own.