Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen

Lying Cat

circa 1905

Panther sniffing by Georges GUYOT (1885-1972) Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced greenish black patina signed on the base " Guyot " cast by "Susse Frs Edts Paris" (with the foundry ...

Panther sniffing by Georges GUYOT (1885-1972) Rare sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the base " Guyot " Cast by " Susse Frères Editeurs Paris " (with the foundry mark) France circa 1935 height 33,5 cm length 49 cm depth 12 cm Biography : Georges Lucien Guyot (1885-1973) known as Georges Guyot was a French animal artist. From an early age, he showed artistic abilities, but the modest conditions of his parents did not allow him to study art. He was doing his apprenticeship with a woodcarver. Guyot then excelled at copying works of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but soon he showed a special attraction for nature. This attraction led him to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris where he could study wild animals and translated his observations into sculpture and painting. As a famous figure of Montmartre, he was the host of the Bateau-Lavoir from the time of Cubism. In 1931, Georges Guyot joined the group of "The Twelve", created by François Pompon and Jane Poupelet, gathering sculptors like Marcel Lémar, Paul Jouve, André Margat, Jean-Claude de Saint-Marceaux, Georges Hilbert, or even the painter Adrienne Jouclard...

Two dogs pointing a rabbit by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875) A rare bronze group with nuanced dark brown patina signed on the base " Barye " stamped " Barye " numbered " 4 " Except...

Panther licking by André-Vincent BECQUEREL (1893-1981) A bronze sculpture with nuanced green patina Signed on the base " Becquerel " Old edition cast Presented on a wooden base Fra...

Bronze cat sculpture, Guido Righetti, circa 1925. Engraved G. Righetti.

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Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1891 (no. 2813), the same model is held in the permanent collection of the Musée d'Orsay (identification no. 22664). An exquisite casting of the highe...