About This Artwork
François-Raoul Larche
French, 1860-1912
The Tempest1896/99
Bronze
57.5 x 26.2 x 44.3 cm (22 5/8 x 10 5/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Inscription: Raoul Larche;
Circular foundry mark: Siot-Decauville/Fondeur/Paris, 5821
George F. Harding Collection, 1984.37
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Stanislas Lami, Dictionaire des sculpteurs de l’ecole francaise (Liechtenstein, 1970), pp. 251–54.
M. Dominique Renoux, “Raoul Larche, statuaire (1860–1912),” Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Art français (1989), pp. 251-52 (ill.), 260.
Christie’s, Important Nineteenth Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics (2000).
Ownership History
George F. Harding, Jr. (d. 1939), Chicago, by 1939; bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, 1939; transferred to the Art Institute, 1982; accessioned by the Art Institute, 1984.