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Pierre Le Faguays for Max Le Verrier - 'Olympe'

$995 AUD

Item 3330

An Art Déco running figure of Olympe (In Greek mythology - Olympia, daughter of Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons and Zeus). Cast in metal, decorated with a 'verdigris' patina and mounted on sloping cast metal base. Signed "Fayral". Editions Max Le Verrier, Paris.

French, Circa 1930

  • 'Fayral' was the pseudonym of noted Art Déco sculptor Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962) who collaborated with Max Le Verrier to produce a range of sculptures at Le Verrier's studio.

** Louis Octave Maxime Le Verrier, known more commonly as Max Le Verrier (1891–1973) was a French sculptor. He was an important exponent within the Parisian Art Deco movement, creating decorative art objects made in bronze as well as an alloy referred to as fonte d'art which differed to spelter.
He collaborated with other important sculptors, including Pierre Le Faguays, Marcel Bouraine and André Vincent Becquerel who created sculptures for Le Verrier that were signed with pseudonyms such as Fayral, Artus, Derenne and Charles among others.

CONDITION: Excellent

DIMENSIONS: 28cm High

AVAILABILITY: In stock

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