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Newsletter - June 2020
NEWLEDS From left to right: Jules Aimé Dalou: Grand paysan - Bronze with brown patina - H78 x D26 cm; Armand Petersen: Manchot Empereur - Enamelled porcelain - H25.5 x W11 x D16 cm; Miguel Berrocal : caryatid - puzzle sculpture - chromed Zamak - H15 x D6 cm ; Acrobats jugglers : Bronze with dark brown patina - H12 x W12 x D8 cm ; Jacques Loysel : Dancer exercising - Original terracotta - H10 x W34 x D11.5 cm ; Max Blondat : Couple of Bacchants - Terracotta H71 x W32 x D24 cm ; Benoît Rougelet :...
Newsletter - May 2020
NEWS From left to right: Émile Louis PICAULT “13th century archer - bronze with triple patina - late 19th century - H 49 cm; Georges BAREAU “Diane riding an eagle” - Bronze with nuanced brown patina - late 19th century - H 80 cm; "Henri IV en bust" - rare bronze proof with double patina decorated with the Cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit - 2nd half of the 19th century - H 30.5 cm; Claude LHOSTE "Lion at rest" - bronze with chocolate patina - edition of the Monnaie de Paris at 250 ex. - 1990 -...
The Black Panther on the Move by Maurice Prost (1854-1967)
The iconic black panther on the march was presented to the public for the first time in 1927 at the Exhibition of Mutilated and War Wounded Artists, Galerie Magellan, organized by the Samothrace Association, then in 1930 at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1931, Maurice Prost exhibits an enlarged copy at the Colonial Exhibition.This flagship work is considered the animal sculpture par excellence in the Art Deco period. Its plastic cleverly combines elegance and power. Very structured and graphic, this sculpture, enhanced by its "fine black Belgian" marble base, a pure black stone without veining, remains timeless.And proof of its success,...
Newsletter - April 2020
NEWS From left to right: Pierre Moreels : abstract sculpture - wood - circa 1970 ; Toto Meylan : anthropomorphic figure - iron - circa 1970 ; Jean Joachim : plâtre d’atelier - circa 1940 ; Louis Rigot : owl - silver bronze - circa 1930 ; Claude Frederique Korthals : cock - bronze - 1930.
Discover George Malissard (1877-1942)
Born in 1877 in Auzin, from a large family of industrialists from the North, Georges Malissard is a self-taught French sculptor whose favorite theme is the horse. Since childhood, he has been passionate about horses and practices horseback riding. He will therefore perform his service in a regiment of cuirassiers in Cambrai. Dividing his time between his passion as a rider and that of a modeler, he practices with an amateur artist for whom it is said "he corrected the defects of an equestrian work, making a quality sculpture".