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Art Deco sculpture of a gilded pheasant on a marble base signed ( Salvatore Mélanie )
height 28.5 width 57 depth 18 cm
An Italian sculptor.
His name is Salvatore MELANI; born in 1902, he died in 1934.
Melani-salvatore-artiste_italienThere are various sculptures by him in plaster, bronze and chryselephantine; his style is very much that of the interwar period, with athletic bodies inspiring modernity and confidence in the technological and industrial future of the time.
Plaster motifs like this one were produced in large numbers to popularize the Art Deco spirit that inspired artists of the period.
These plaster sculptures were usually placed on a piece of furniture in the living room or on the top of a mantelpiece.
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