Lot 205 | A pair of male anatomic models, skinned and larger muscles removed

A PAIR OF MALE ANATOMIC MODELS, SKINNED AND LARGER MUSCLES REMOVED.

Date: 2nd half 19th c.
Maker/Designer: Jules Talrich (1826-1904).
Technique: Plaster, modelled and painted.
Description: Each showing a man lying on his back resp. on his front, skinned and with larger muscles removed

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Measurement: L.ca.96cm, w.ca.40cm, h.ca14cm.
Mark: On a bronze plate: Jules Talrich. Modeleur d'anatomic Faculté le Medecine Paris. Boulevard St. Germaine, 97.
Condition B/C. Base plate broken, partly restored and repainted.


Talrich was a well-known French anatomist, sculptor and keroplast. He became famous
through a series of four life-size plaster casts, which were shown at the 1867 World
Exhibition in Paris. The present pair shows two of these models in a smaller version.

Provenance:
-Acquired at De Baecque, Drouot, Paris, 20.7.2015.