Inkwell (Encrier) or Starvation (Affame)
Maker
Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier
(French, 1856-1909)
Date1894
MediumCast bronze
Dimensions9 x 10 in. (22.9 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Stern
Object number1992.25
Object TypeSculpture
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What would you choose to have as decoration on an object of daily and private use, such as this inkwell? Surprisingly, the sculptor Charpentier rejected the dominant classical models—which would have suggested an idealized female nude as a muse figure for the writer—and instead decided on starving, exhausted figures.
