A French Art Deco archer figure, “Diana the Huntress” by Joseph Descomps (born J.E. Cormier, French, 1869-1950), from circa 1928. Patinated and enameled bronze, mounted on a white-yellow onyx base. Signed in the bronze.
A black patinated bronze group “Two Deer and Faun” by Ary Bitter (French, 1883-1973), from c. 1925. Signed and with foundry mark, “Susse Frères” on the bronze plinth. Mounted on a green marble base.
Joseph J. Emmanuel (DESCOMPS) CORMIER (1869-1950)
‘La Chaîne’ A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Woman and Child, 1930s, raised on a marble base. Signed J.D. Cormier and stamped 4/25 with Colin Paris foundry mark.
A pair of rare and spectacular horse figured floor lamps in ebonized wood, design c. 1950 by Maison Jansen. Electrified, each upper hoof fitted with downlights, with red glass eyes and chrome accents.
Jan and Joël Martel (1896-1966) Brown patinated and silvered bronze representing a sea lion playing with a ball and resting on a marble base, c. 1930 Signed “J.J.Martel.” H: 13 1/3 in
Georges Henri TRIBOUT (1884-1962)
French Art Deco Table Lamp in patinated bronze, depicting a seated nude woman holding the reflector cone, mounted on a two-tiered onyx base, Signed “G. Tribout” in the bronze.
Georges Henri Tribout was born in Paris and studied at the Université de Notre Dame in Boulogne. Tribout attended the Académie Julian in 1904-1905. He started painting in the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1909. Tribout was included in the exposition of ceramics at l’Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in 1925, in Paris. At this time Tribout also designed posters, costumes, theatrical sets, sculptures and ceramics for manufacture de Sévres.
Ferdinand Parpan (1902-2004)
“St. Francis”, a black patinated cubist bronze on rouge marble base, signed, monogrammed and dated 1950 in the bronze. H. 13 1/4″, 7 1/2″ wide.
Pierre Ernest Bouret
Silvered and lacquered bronze bookends, from c. 1928, signed and numbered.
French sculptor Pierre Ernest Bouret (1897-1972) was a member of the Salon des Tuileries, member of the Salon d’Automne, a professor at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and officer of the Legion of Honor.
