Bidspirit auction | French Orientalist Bronze Figure of

French Orientalist Bronze Figure of a Shoeshine Boy After Édouard Drouot - After Édouard Drouot French, 1859–1945 Patinated and polychromed bronze Cabinet bronze of an Orientalist shoeshine boy leaning against a tree stump, with shoeshine kit slung over his shoulder. Variegated brown, red-oxide, and gilt-highlighted patina, with cold-painted red detail to the cap. Signed to the reverse “E. Drouot” in script, with éditeur cachet “Bronze Garanti au Titre, Paris” and foundry mark. 13 1/8” H x 4 3/8” W x 4 5/8” D