Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) Paper press n°1 (Nude reclining woman) Bronze with shaded brown patina Posthumous casting Signed 'JB. Carpeaux' on the terrace Bears the founder's mark 'Susse Fes Edts Paris cire perdue' on the base Bears the founder's stamp 'SUSSE FRERES EDITEURS PARIS' on the terrace 5.5 x 14.0 x 7.0 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 Jacques Ginepro, Monaco, Salle des Arts du Sporting d'Hiver, 24 March - 16 April 1990, cat. n° 70, repr. Bibliography: 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 (our bronze mentioned). There is little trace of this charming little bronze in sales or inventories of Carpeaux's work. Its erotic connotations probably did not prompt the sculptor's descendants, at the end of the very modest 19th century, to claim it as their own. Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) 5.5 x 14.0 x 7.0 cm There is little trace of this charming little bronze in sales or inventories of Carpeaux's work. Its erotic connotations probably did not prompt the sculptor's descendants, at the end of the very modest 19th century, to claim it as their own.