Meet M. Debussy and M. Dumas. You never know who you will happen across at TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) which in 2014 runs from March 14-23 at Maastricht in The Netherlands. The commitment of this fair to excellence, expertise and elegance is evidenced in a range of quality rare works across categories from antiques and classical antiquities to design and jewellery. It attracts the worlds most demanding connoisseurs.
Exhibitors Yates-Trebosc-van Lelyveld have portrait busts of Alexandre Dumas fils and Claude Debussy. The former was sculpted by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux in 1873 and exhibited in the Salon of 1874. Kept by Dumas until his death it was then transferred to the Comedie Francaise. Other plaster examples are in the Louvre and the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes. The plaster bust of Debussy by Francois L. Simecek dates to 1937. It served as a model from which a bronze bust of the composer was cast. The bronze is now in the Musee de l’Opera, Paris.
Portrait bust of Claude Debussy.
Portrait bust of Alexandre Dumas fils.