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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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