Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 14

Marcel GIMOND
Portrait of Suzanne Vérité

circa 1940

$23,084.72
£17,018.61
€19,500
CA$31,671.77
A$35,565.01
CHF 18,736.69
MX$440,215.70
NOK 231,973.91
SEK 220,849.13
DKK 148,374.41
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Portrait of Suzanne Vérité by Marcel GIMOND (1894-1961) Bronze sculpture with a nuanced green patina signed on the neck "M. Gimond" cast by "Bisceglia, cire perdue" (with the foundry stamp) numbered "1/8" presented on a cherry wood base France circa 1940 total height with the base 53,5 cm height of the bronze 35,5 cm ; height of the base 18 cm width 19 cm depth 24 cm Provenance : Collection Claude and Janine Vérité (Claude, son of Pierre Vérité) Pierre and Suzanne Vérité were highly renowned Parisian dealers and collectors of tribal art and archeology. Biography : Marcel Gimond (1894-1961) was a French sculptor. He studied in Lyon, then at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon where he graduated in 1917. Finally he arrived in Paris the same year and settled in Marly-Le-Roi. Student of Aristide Maillol, he also met Raoul Dufy and Auguste Renoir. Gimond worked with Maillol until 1920, and left him to settle in Paris and regain his independence. He then moved into Renoir's former studio, made available by Jean Renoir. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne in 1922. In 1940, Gimond left Paris to settle in the South zone, in Lyon, then in Aix en Provence; He spent his summers at Saint-Félicien, at the house of poet Charles Forot. At the Liberation, in 1944, Marcel Gimond returned to Paris and his workshop rue Ordener, he left only a few months before his death. From 1946 to 1960, he directed a workshop at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Marcel Gimond was known for his busts of political and artistic personalities. Gimond also owed two bas-reliefs located in the lobby of the newspaper "L'Humanité", in tribute to Marcel Cachin and Gabriel Péri.
  • Creator:
    Marcel GIMOND (1894 - 1961, French)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1940
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.07 in (53.5 cm)Width: 7.49 in (19 cm)Depth: 9.45 in (24 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: N.72201stDibs: LU2514214395872

More From This Seller

View All
Half-blood Horse, head raised
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
Half-blood Horse, head raised by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875) A bronze sculpture with a dark brown patina Signed on the base " Barye " Cast by " F. Barbedienne fondeur " (with th...
Category

Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Standing Bull, head bowed
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in PARIS, FR
Standing Bull, head bowed by Isidore BONHEUR (1827-1901) A bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the base " I. Bonheur " A period cast by " Peyrol " (with the...
Category

Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

A seated Couple
Located in PARIS, FR
A seated Couple by Louis-Eugene DEJEAN (1872-1953) A rare bronze group with a nuanced dark brown patina signed "Louis Dejean" cast by "Alexis Rudier fondeur" (with a barely legible...
Category

Early 1900s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of bookends with Elephants
By Ary Bitter
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of bookends with Elephants by Ary BITTER (1883-1973) A very fine pair of bronze sculptures with old gilded nuanced dark brown patina Signed " Ary Bitter Sclp " on an original plaque Old cast by Susse Frères Raised on wooden bases France Circa 1935 total height for one: 27,5 cm total height for the other: 17 cm Biography: Ary Jean Léon...
Category

1930s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Plaque White-tailed deer
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
White-tailed deer by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875) Electroplating bronze plaque with a brown patina Signed "Barye" Period cast from the "Barye's workshop" (made during the artist'...
Category

1870s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Three Graces
Located in PARIS, FR
The Three Graces by Alfred JANNIOT (1889-1969) A bronze group with a nuanced brownish green patina Signed on the side of the base "A. Janniot" Cast by "Susse fondeur Paris" (inscrib...
Category

Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

You May Also Like

Antique 19th Century French Bonze Animalier Brown Bear Statue Sculpture Paris
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique bronze sculpture of a brown bear by the celebrated French Animalier sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, circa 1870. The bronze depicts a brown bear in a dynamic pose, head h...
Category

1860s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Female torso
Located in Täby, SE
This female torso represents the young woman's strength and vulnerability. It´s was conceived in the 70ths and is signed with the artists initials on a thumbprint. Gunnar Knut Nilsson, born 1904 in Karlskrona, died 1995 in Versailles in France, was a Swedish sculptor. Gunnar Nilsson studied watercolor painting and modeling at the Technical Vocational School in Karlskrona in 1918-19 and on his own in addition to working as a clerk at Finspångs Metallwerk. His debut exhibition was in Finspång in 1927. With the help of a local fundraiser, and after the encouragement of Carl Eldh, he traveled to Paris in 1928 to study sculpture for, among others, Charles Despiau and Paul Niclausse. In Paris he socialized with Bror Hjorth, whose former studio he also rented, Carl Frisendahl and Alberto Giacometti. He came to belong to "Le groupe des Neuf'' with Paul Cornet...
Category

1950s French School Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Victoire
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Jacques COQUILLAY (né en 1935) Victoire Original bronze Size : 105 x 22 x 20 cm Copy No. 1/8 Signature and numbered on the base. Original bronze m...
Category

Early 2000s French School Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Venus and Love" SUSSE Fréres Foundry French Bronze Group mid-19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Jean BULIO (1827-1911), "Venus and Love," bronze medal patina group signed on base. Susse Frères foundry mark engraved on the back. Otttimo state of preservation. Measurements :...
Category

Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Phoebe" Grande Scultura Francese in Bronzo Patinato epoca Napoleone III
By Eugene Marioton
Located in Pistoia, IT
Eugène Marioton (1857-1933), "Phoebe", scultura in bronzo firmata "E. Marioton sc." e "Salon de Beaux-Arts". Presentata al Salon del 1889 con un'accoglienza entusiastica, questa scu...
Category

1880s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Egyptian Revival Bronze Bust Sculpture Statue "Queen of Babylon"
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique cast bronze sculpture an Egyptian Revival bust "The Queen of Babylon", by the 19th century French sculptor Paul Auguste Gagne, circa 1875. This rare & unusual bronze b...
Category

1870s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze