Pierre Felix Masseau (French, 1869-1937), L'Emprise c.1897, bronze, dark brown patina, signed to base: Fix Masseau, stamped to base with foundry: Siot Paris, height 80 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's London, European sculpture and works of Art 900-1900, 11 July 2001, lot 256. Exhibitions: Victorian Visions: Nineteenth-century Art from the John Schaeffer collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 May - 29 Aug 2010. Literature: Masterpieces of Victorian Art from the John and Julie Schaeffer collection and the Art Gallery of New South Wales Collections, exhibit. Cat, Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, pp146-47