L'Amour à la folie (Love to madness) is an 1869 sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, part of the sculptural group La Danse for the Paris Opéra Garnier. The sculpture was commissioned by the building's architect Charles Garnier. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris holds a terracotta edition (RF 2928),[1] the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City holds both a terracotta and a bronze (Inv.° 274)[2] and the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon holds an edition in marble (Inv.° 563).[3]
| L’Amour à la folie | |
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.jpg) On display in the Museo Soumaya | |
| Artist | Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux |
| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Dimensions | 70 cm × 67 cm × 44 cm (28 in × 26 in × 17 in) |
Henry James wrote of the sculpture group in The New York Tribune in 1875:
Carpeaux was made famous by the extraordinary group of La Danse, which he contributed to the decoration of the new Opera. Every visitor to Paris has gazed at it in mingled admiration and perplexity, and it is a work which, so long as it stands there, will be sure to have gazers enough. If the whole building is characteristic of its time and place, Carpeaux's group is its most characteristic feature.[4]
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Terracotta edition in the collection of the Museo Soumaya -
Marble edition (1872) in the collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum A marble edition is held privately in Ireland. -
Génie de la Danse (1872) featuring avec l'Amour à la folie in the collection of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice
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References
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 Carpeaux's Dance,[5] Smarthistory[6] |
- ^ "Amour à la folie". Musee Orsay. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ Seis Siglos de Arte. Mexico City: Museo Soumaya. 2006. p. 259. ISBN 9687794305.
- ^ "L'AMOUR À LA FOLIE". Museo Calouste Gulbenkian. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ James, Henry (1957). Parisian Sketches Letters To The New York Tribune 1875 1876. New York University Press. p. 20. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Carpeaux, Dance | Sculpture | Khan Academy". Smarthistory.khanacademy.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Carpeaux's Dance". Smarthistory at Khan Academy. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2014.