Pair of ArtDeco bookends - Small bronze fauns - Paul Silvestre - Susse frères

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Pair of ArtDeco bookends - Small bronze fauns - Paul Silvestre - Susse frères

Name: Pair of ArtDeco bookends - Small bronze fauns - Paul Silvestre - Susse frères
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 0AYBWB1U8L
Price: 1500 EUR
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By Gallery des Victoires

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Period 20th century

Style Art Deco

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PAUL SILVESTRE (1884-1976)
Published by the foundry Susse Frères in Paris around 1930.
Small fauns as bookends in bronze with brown patina.
Signed on the base Silvestre and marked Susse Frères Éditeurs Paris.
Foundry stamp, marked with a letter intaglio on the uprights.
Height 18 cm Width 23 cm for one,
Height 17 cm Width 22 cm for the other.
Very beautiful nuanced patina, perfect state of conservation.
3.5 Kg each.

Paul Silvestre was born in Toulouse, where his father was a carpenter. Admitted in 1905 to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the Antonin Mercié and Antonin Carles workshops.
Grand Prix de Rome in 1912, he exhibited regularly from 1921 at the Salon des artistes français, where he won a gold medal in 1930. Named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1906.

Bibliography: P. Cadet, Susse Frères 150 years of Sculpture 1837-1987, model reproduced p. 336

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Additional Information

Condition	As new
Style	Art Deco (Bronze sculptures of Art Deco Style)
Period	20th century (Bronze sculptures 20th century)
Country of origin	France
Artist	PAUL SILVESTRE (1884-1976)
Length (cm)	23
Height (cm)	18
Weight (Kg)	7
Materials	Patinated Bronze