Presented is an excellent quality French bronze bust of a young woman, signed for Henri Vidal. The bronze depicts a young woman with her hair up in a dynamic style, on a richly veined red marble base. The bronze is quite expressive and very well done; the woman has a charmingly uplifted expression, very skillfully rendered. This piece won Vidal the 1st Prize at the Paris Salon of 1892, and is stamped as such, near the base, next to the signature.
This piece is in excellent overall condition. The marble base has a crack, though this is hard to distinguish from the natural veining, and the base feels very sound, with no looseness. The bronze has no damage and the patina is in great shape.
The bronze stands about 8 inches tall and measures about 4 x 3 inches.
