ÉVARISTE JONCHÈRE (1892–1956), after - Lot 139

Lot n° 139
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ÉVARISTE JONCHÈRE (1892–1956), after - Lot 139
ÉVARISTE JONCHÈRE (1892–1956), after First Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1925. Winner of the Indochina Prize in 1932. Director of the Indochina School of Fine Arts in 1938. Young Vietnamese Woman or Torso of an Annamite Woman. Bronze with a beautiful brown patina, signed and numbered 2/8. Bears the foundry’s stamp “Landowski Fondeur 2004” on the reverse. A posthumous cast produced under the direction of the heirs. Height: 85 cm. According to Madame Jonchère’s recollections, the torso was created during the sculptor’s second stay in Indochina, in 1944. This was an exhilarating period for the artist, marked by creativity and intense activity. In addition to his teaching, Jonchère made it his mission to revive traditional arts and organized exhibitions throughout Indochina. The original terracotta version of the bust was exhibited at that time at the Salon in Hanoi. In 1947, a version made of reconstituted stone was exhibited at the Société des Artistes Français (under number 1446). The young Vietnamese woman who posed was a friend of Jonchère’s first assistant. To convince her to pose, the sculptor had to provide her with a dowry and pay her a salary. Jonchère, a leading figure in the “return to order” movement of the classical period, created with this torso a free adaptation of the ancient model. The pose he chose and his distinctive modeling style, in the tradition of Rodin, reveal the full sensuality of the model, celebrated as a feminine ideal. Bibliography: Lynda Trouvé - Indochina: Myths and Realities 1800–1960, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, September 22, 2023. A version of this work in reconstituted stone sold for 119,000 euros.
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