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AIME-JULES DALOU (FRENCH, 1838-1902) Tonnelier, Homme appuyé sur une pelle des deux mains, Puddleur à la tenaille avec masque et tablier, and Balayeuse Each signed 'DALOU' and with Susse Frères cachet; Tonnelier with a 'W' stamped next to the cachet, Balayeuse inscribed 'Susse Fr. Edt', Homme appuyé and Puddleur à la tenaille inscribed 'Susse Fr. Edts' and 'cire perdu'; three with a sticker to the underside marked '10467/1' bronze, mid-brown patina Tonnelier: 6 ? in. (17.5 cm.) high Homme appuyé: 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high Puddleur: 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high Balayeuse: 6 ? in. (16.5 cm.) high (4)Each conceived circa 1889-1898. These bronzes circa 1910.
Jules Dalou, a dedicated republican and former communard, was a fervant champion of the working man. Thus towards the end of his life, the artist began an ambitious personal project to create a monument “à la glorification des travailleurs”. Taking it upon himself to visit mines, factories, and farms, the artist created numerous studies of every type of labourer, imbuing them with great dignity and respect. Unfortunately Dalou died before his project could be realised, the casts of the present models only produced posthumously (see A. Simier, Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République, Paris, 2013, pp. 202-301).