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Chimney Sweep Double Inkstand
| Categories | Figural - Persons |
| Type | Labor |
| Material | Bronze |
| Manufacturer | Undetermined |
| Origin | France |
| Date or Era | circa 1890 |
| Measuring | 8” x 4” x 11 ½” |
Marcel Debut (French, 1865-1933) bronze inkwell depicting child chimney sweep, rooftop inkwells. Signed Marcel Debut.
Marcel Debut (Paris, 1865-1933), painter and sculptor, was a pupil of his father Didier Debut, then of Thomas and Chapu at the École des beaux-arts. A member of the Artistes Français, with an honorable mention in 1895, he exhibited plaster statuettes at the Salon from 1883 onwards.
Estimated value: $500
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