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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 35426, member: 50&quot;]Phones, gotta love em except when you hate em<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. I did find this auction which gives some information on the artist Albert Carrier who it would seem made the original statue.&nbsp; I think Backer made copies of famous pieces for resale (I think).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is also a link to an interesting law suit Backer was involved in.</p><p><a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yma625rOZ6YJ:https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-backer+&amp;cd=15&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yma625rOZ6YJ:https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-backer+&amp;cd=15&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yma625rOZ6YJ:https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-backer &amp;cd=15&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lofty.com/decorative-arts/after-albert-ernest-carrier-belleuse-french-1824-1887.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lofty.com/decorative-arts/after-albert-ernest-carrier-belleuse-french-1824-1887.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lofty.com/decorative-arts/after-albert-ernest-carrier-belleuse-french-1824-1887.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.lofty.com/media/appraisal/4395/3759/resized/655x491.25_1381448116_3759.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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