AUGUSTE PARIS (FRENCH, 1850-1915)
Le Temps et la Chanson
signed 'A. Paris', the rotating base with brass plaque inscribed 'AUX LILAS EMBAUMÉS QUAND TOUT RENAÎT ET CHANTE,/ LE TEMPS LAISSANT SA FAUX INOCCUPÉ UN JOUR/ T'ENLACE EN SOURIANT, Ô JEUNESSE! ET S'ENCHANTE/ DE L'INEFFABLE ÉCHO D'UN IMMORTEL AMOUR/ PAR ATE PARIS - 1RE MÉDAILLE, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889'
bronze, dark brown patina
29¹⁄₄ in. (74.5 cm.) high, the bronze; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high, overall

Conceived circa 1882.
This cast circa 1889.

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