Art Deco lamp Pierrot with ball by Marcel Bouraine for Max le Verrier.

Art Deco lamp standing nude with ball by Max Le Verrier. This figural table lamp is the smaller version of the famous Clarté model. The statue is executed in Art metal with green pat...

Art Deco style lamp sculpture nude with scarf SERENITE signed Fayral, pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays. Patinated metal on marble base, frosted glass. Design ca. 1930. Posthumous cont...

Art Deco style lamp monkey with umbrella PLUIE by Max Le Verrier. Patinated metal on marble base, frosted glass umbrella shade. Design 1927. Posthumous contemporary cast at the Le...

Nausicaa, Art Deco style lamp lady at a fountain. Signed Fayral, pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays. Foundry mark Max Le Verrier foundry. Design 1930. Posthumous contemporary cast at th...

Rèverie Art Deco style lamp seated nude with drape holding a globe by Raymonde Guerbe for Max Le Verrier. France. With Le Verrier foundry seal. Design 1930. Posthumous contemporary...

Art Deco style lamp nude with vase Odalisque by Fayral, pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays for Max Le Verrier. Patinated art metal, marble and glass. Signed and with foundry mark. Desi...

Table lamp “Reverie” Reverie is French for musing. Sculpture / Figure. Nude lady holding a lighted glass ball. Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Raymonde Guerbe” (1894-1995) She was married with the famous sculptor...

A pair of rare french Art Deco lamps by Max le Verrier. The lamps are signed in the metal ) L.Artus, a pseudonym that Max le Verrier used only in the Twenties.The high quality proces...

Lighted item table lamp, sculpture "Sérénité" Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by "Fayral", which is one of the pseudonymes from "Pierre Le Faguays" (1892-1962), signed M...

Incredible Max Le Verrier table lamp in bronze chipanzee Art Deco circa 1930

Mid 20th Century 40s Large size Art Deco Style table lamp shaped sculpture of a young lady in lacquered ceramic or similar and opaline glass balloon. Largue size  

DETAILS Signed, original black & white marble base, period wiring and fittings. DIMENSIONS Height: 6.5 inches Width: 3.5 inches Depth: 5.5 inches ABOUT THE LAMP A charming and very funny monkey named Boubou, excited by some suspicious sounds, decided to shine a lantern and discover the source and origin. The sculptural interpretation of this scene with a simple plot by a wonderful French sculptor turns a seemingly small trivial table lamp into a real work of art - with such skill the author conveys its emotional state, a mixture of fright and curiosity! ABOUT THE ARTIST Louis Octave Maxime Le Verrier (French, 1891 – 1973), known more commonly as Max Le Verrier, also known by the pseudonym Artus was a famous French sculptor. He was known for being a pioneer within the Parisian Art Deco movement, creating decorative art objects often made in bronze as well as historical sculptures. Max le Verrier was born on the in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, in 1891. His mother was Belgian and his father was a Parisian goldsmith and jeweler on Boulevard Malesherbes in Paris. His parents divorced when he was 7 years old. Le Verrier attended several boarding schools (Collège de Verneuil sur Avre) and was a brilliant student. He grew an interest for drawing and art during his education. However, his father thought that his future would be in farming, therefore he sent Max to study agriculture (St. Sever and La Réole) against Ma’s wishes. However, Max Le Verrier kept his liking for sculpture during his spare time lively. At the age of 16, he returned to Paris and did odd jobs to escape farm-work and to provide for himself. (His father emancipated him, and, as a result, he was left to fend for himself). In 1909, when he was 18, he left for England. As a foreigner, it was very difficult for him to find a job in London; refusing to come back to France and admitting defeat, he lived very difficult days. From an early age he showed great promise as an artist and sculptor; and after serving in the French army during World War I, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. During his studies in Switzerland he met fellow sculptors Pierre le Faguays and Marcel Bouraine, who became close friends and with whom he collaborated for much of his life. After completing his studies, le Verrier returned to France in 1919, and founded his own studio in Paris. It was at this time that he created his first popular sculpture, the famous 'Pelican' - which was the first of a long line of animal...