Peasant Woman with Sheaf of Wheat

Sculpted in stone, signed on the base

Height 53 cm, width 31 cm, depth 20 cm.

Désiré Mathivet

(1887-1966)

Désiré Mathivet, was a native of Tournus in Southern Burgundy. A room in the Hotel Dieu / Greuze museum in Tournus is dedicted to his work. A pupil of Rodin and of Bourdelle, Mathivet sculptuted massively shaped human figures. His work can be compared with that of Aristide Maillol.

Condition: There are several small and inconspiciuous chips in the stone and a fissure in the base, running from the base to the left shoe.

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