Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by G R Laurent

Name: Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by G R Laurent
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1189063
Availability: SoldOut

1920 - 1940

Sold by Poirot Art Deco

Description

A quality patinated bronze sculpture of a pair of seagulls riding the crest of the waves and mounted on a black variegated marble base. The bronze signed ‘G R Laurent Veritable Bronze’ and inscribed to the marble base, ‘Editions Reveyrolis Paris’.

The sculpture by Georges Henri Laurent (1880–1940) who was a prominent French Art Deco designer known for modernist, stylized animalier sculptures and functional decorative arts during the first half of the 20th century.

He was a member of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM), working alongside figures like Le Corbusier and Robert Mallet-Stevens to promote a harmony between utility and aesthetics.

Laurent designed for prestigious French design houses and editors of the era, including, Susse Frères, Robj Paris, Dunhill and Max Le Verrier.

He also produced a wide range of functional Art Deco items, including figural desk lamps, bookends, clocks and furniture, such as blackened wood cabinets that followed the UAM’s principles of simple and functional forms.

Height: 31cm,

Overall width: 87cm

Width of base: 67.8cm

Depth: 17.2cm

Physical Dimensions

Height

31cm (12.20")

Width

87cm (34.25")

Depth

17.2cm (6.77")

Declaration

Poirot Art Deco has dated this piece to the 1930s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1189063

Dealers Internal Reference

PAD1632

Dealers Notes

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Description

A quality patinated bronze sculpture of a pair of seagulls riding the crest of the waves and mounted on a black variegated marble base.

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The bronze signed ‘G R Laurent Veritable Bronze’ and inscribed to the marble base, ‘Editions Reveyrolis Paris’.

Poirot Art Deco

fig 1. Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by G R Laurent

The sculpture by Georges Henri Laurent (1880–1940) who was a prominent French Art Deco designer known for modernist, stylized animalier sculptures and functional decorative arts during the first half of the 20th century.

fig 2. Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by G R Laurent

He was a member of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM), working alongside figures like Le Corbusier and Robert Mallet-Stevens to promote a harmony between utility and aesthetics.

Laurent designed for prestigious French design houses and editors of the era, including, Susse Frères, Robj Paris, Dunhill and Max Le Verrier.

fig 3. Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by G R Laurent

He also produced a wide range of functional Art Deco items, including figural desk lamps, bookends, clocks and furniture, such as blackened wood cabinets that followed the UAM’s principles of simple and functional forms.

Height: 31cm,

Overall width: 87cm

Width of base: 67.8cm

Depth: 17.2cm