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sandstone sculpture female nude by gaston contesse and georges serré

GASTON CONTESSE (1870-1946) & GEORGES SERRÉ (1889-1956)

Female nude reminiscent of the Venus de Milo, proof numbered 1/10

Dark brown enamelled stoneware sculpture. 

Circa 1935.

Signed G. Contesse on the back of the right thigh and numbered 1/10 on the back of the left thigh.

Height with base: 53 cm – Height of sculpture alone: 43 cm



Exhibition and related work:

Le Groupe Français des Artisans contemporains, dix-neuvième exposition – Galerie Rouard, Paris, 1935. The model exhibited at this event.



Bibliography:

Mobilier et Décoration – No. 12 of December 1935. The model reproduced on page 369, in an article devoted to the exhibition of the Groupe Français des Artisans contemporains at Rouard.

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