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ROSELINE GRANET (BORN IN 1936) Untitled, Signed and numbered 'R.GRANET 1/6' and bears the foundry mark 'CLEMENTI CIRE PERDUE MEUDON' (on the base), bronze (multi hundreds pounds) THIS IS NUMBERED 1 OF 6 THE LAST SALE OF ONE OF THESE THAT WE COULD FIND WAS THROUGH CHRISTIE’S AUCTION IN PARIS FRANCE. THIS SALE TOOK PLACE IN 2010 AND THE PRICE REALIZED WAS EUR 11,250 or $14,137.88 USD AT THE TIME OF SALE. THEY SOLD NUMBER 2 OF 6 Roseline Granet, with Gilbert Clémenti, founded the Fonderie Clémenti in Meudon. (Joan Miro Is also a notable artist who had casts done there) . In 1974, she had her first exhibition at Galerie Darthea Speyer in Paris. She has produced a number of important artworks, including a portrayal of writer Jean-Paul Sartre, commissioned by the French government, and Monument aux droits de l’homme, commissioned by the Ville de Meudon. She is known in Québec for her sculpture of the likeness of poet Émile Nelligan, Monument à Émile Nelligan (2005)..- artpublicmontreal