"GILBERT PRIVAT SCULPTURE BOIS 1929"
Gilbert PRIVATLarge Sculpture entitled "ROSES", in rosewood wood made in direct carving one of the seven edited by the company D.I.M. (Modern Interior Decoration) in 1929.
Underneath bears the mark "Made in France" and n ° 7A
Exhibitions: Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris in 1928 and at the DIM Gallery in 1929
Bibliography: Furniture and Decoration, carved wood presented by DIM. (02/1929) page 75. Odette Gilbert Privat - MO Lerfèvre, "Gilbert Privat" Imprimerie alençonnaise, 1997 confirms on page 69 "that a rosewood proof was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1928" and on page 44 that a few copies were published in 1929 by the company DIM.
Size: height 74 cm, base 18 cm x 12.5 cm.
Period 1929
Superb Condition
Gilbert PRIVAT (1892-1969)
French sculptor and painter, great admirer of Rodin and Bourdelle, Gilbert Privat expressed his talent in the aesthetic research of the female body combined with purity, softness and sensitivity.
The Boulogne Billancourt 1930s Museum honors him by presenting a hundred of his works from a donation of his wife who was also his most faithful muse.
Museums: Paris, Lille, Roubaix, Périgueux, Lourdes.
Numerous exhibitions and commissions for public monuments
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