19th C. | COMPOSITE STONE

Description

The first kiss.
Statue in the image of a young girl and a young boy entwined.
The young girl, standing on her tiptoes, is depicted naked, she wraps her arms around the young boy's neck and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
The young boy, his left hand against his forehead, is simply dressed in a thick drape intended to hide his nudity.
Cylindrical monolith base.
Around 1880.
Composite stone.
This model belongs to the catalog of Maison Cuel Gilbert, located in the Billancourt village in Boulogne Billancourt, manufacturer of statues and ornaments for parks and gardens in agglomerated stone, between the middle of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
Statue height: 120 cm. Base height: 98 cm Diameter base : 56 cm.