La statue de la Résistance

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Bracquemond's etching of Falguière's sculpture

La statue de la Résistance par Falguière (The statue of the Resistance by Falguière) was a 9-foot tall

Theodore de Banville wrote an ode and Félix Bracquemond made an etching published by Faustin Betbeder
. After the snow sculpture had melted, Falguière's attempts to recreate it in a more permanent medium were unsuccessful, lacking the original's spontaneity. It was Falguière's first female nude, a subject in which he later specialised.

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