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HENRI HONORÉ PLÉ (1853-1922) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »
A Large and Important Multi-Patinated Bronze Figure of an Arab Warrior (c. 1880 France)
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
'Henri Plé' to the base
Dimensions55.00cm wide 140.00cm high 50.00cm deep (21.65 inches wide 55.12 inches high 19.69 inches deep)
Description / Expertise
The figure is finely modelled as an Arab warrior, with sword drawn and crescent tipped standard held aloft, with a rich multi-patinated patina heightened with gilding.
Henri Honoré Plé (1853 - 1922) studied under Gérault and Mathurin Moreau, and worked as a painter and sculptor of portraits and bas-reliefs. He exhibited at the Salon from 1877 onwards winning an honourable mention in 1879 before going on to receive a bronze medal at the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle.
