GRAILLON, Pierre-Adrien

Dieppe, Seine-Maritime 1807 - Dieppe, Seine-Maritime 1872

Bernard-l'Hermite

Hermit Crab

1848

terracotta, shell

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 8 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ⁵⁄₈ x 6 ³⁄₄ in.

in his left arm: P. Graillon

Acc. No.: 1992.218

Credit Line: Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Photo credit: 2012 Detroit Institute of Arts

© Artist:

Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts

www.dia.org

Provenance

• Paris, Galerie Elstir
• 1992, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Bibliography

• 1928 Luc-Benoist
  Luc-Benoist. La Sculpture Romantique. La Renaissance du Livre, Paris, 1928, pp. 138-140
• 1919 Lami
  Lami, Stanislas, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs. Paris, 1919, pp. 82-83

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