Alexandre KELETY 1874/1940, Chryselephantine 48 cm, Art Deco, the dancers

Alexandre KELETY 1874/1940, Chryselephantine, Art Deco, the dancers

Period: 1920 / 30 Art Deco, Ivory and Bronze Chryselephantine in lost wax on a marble base, in excellent condition.

Signed: A. KELETY, XXth Art Deco artist, referenced and highly prized,
Artprice price up to €30,000 for similar objects
Subject : couple of dancers
Dimensions: overall height: 48 cm, width: 41 cm, depth: 15 cm, height of marble base: 8.5 cm

Biography :
Alexandre Kéléty 1874 / 1940
born in Budapest in 1874 and died in 1940, is a Hungarian sculptor.
Alexandre Kéléty's date of birth is not mentioned in the literature. He was active as an artist, sculptor, painter and engraver from 1918 until his death in 1940.
Kéléty married Hélène Grün Kéléty, daughter of naturalized French Russian painter Maurice Grün.
At the end of the First World War, he emigrated to France, where he became a pupil of the Hungarian painter and engraver Imre Karoly Simay in Toulouse. He then studied in Paris. In his work, he often depicts animals and the theme of childhood. He also produces chryselephantine busts and statuettes of dancers and mythological figures in the Art Deco style. His preferred materials are bronze, ivory, marble and ceramics.
Between the wars, he exhibited several times at the Salon de la Société des artistes français in Paris. In 1927, he presented a terracotta bust. In 1928 and 1930, he presented bronze and ivory figurines. These were manufactured by the art publisher Arthur Goldscheider.
At the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, his work was shown on both the Goldscheider and Edmond Etling stands. At the 1937 Paris World's Fair, he presented sculptures made and adapted by the Etling foundries and Jules Lehmann's Les Neveux. He also presented animal sculptures made by M. Ollier.
Kéléty also created everyday objects in the Art Deco style, such as electric lamps, ashtrays and incense burners.
In 1939, Kéléty published advertisements for drawing classes at 20 rue Ernest Cresson, Paris.

Exhibitions:
1925: Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes.
1926: Salon de la Société Nationale, hippopotamuses.
1927: Salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris, Cerf.
1928: Society of French Artists.
1930: Society of French Artists.
1933: Salon des Tuileries, Paris.

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