Poignée de porte au grand duc
By Diego Giacometti
Located in PARIS, FR
Decorative art.
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Diego Giacometti Sculptures
Bronze
For Swiss sculptor Diego Giacometti, a talent for art ran in the family — his brothers were multi-disciplinary artist Alberto Giacometti and architect Bruno Giacometti, and their father was Post-Impressionist painter Giovanni Giacometti. But Diego was a gifted artist in his own right, creating furniture and lively animal sculptures that earned him considerable acclaim in his later years.
Diego was born in the farming village of Borgonovo in 1902. The Giacometti patriarch encouraged his sons to pursue art, and Diego and Alberto began working together in a Paris studio when Diego was 25. They engaged in a rivalry that is typical of like-minded siblings but were also supportive of one another.
Alberto pushed Diego to become a caster, and Diego served as his brother’s assistant, helping bring his designs to life. Diego also sat as a model for many of Alberto's now-revered sculptures and busts, as the sculptor worked chiefly with models plucked from his personal life. The duo also regularly created artwork and objects for French interior and furniture designer Jean-Michel Frank, whose other collaborators included Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.
Diego began focusing more on his own bronze sculpture during World War II. Inspired by his childhood farm life, he created bronze horses, dogs, cats, mice and foxes. During the late 1940s, Alberto began work on his most famous modernist sculptures — very tall and thin figurines that came to be associated with frailty and loneliness — while Diego branched out into furniture design. The latter’s tables, seating and other pieces earned him an array of devoted clientele. Celebrated French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy sought his work out with frequency.
After Alberto died in 1966, Diego continued designing furniture and attracting more clients. He worked on projects for Fondation Maeght, Marc Chagall National Museum and Musée Picasso Paris.
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Poignée de porte au grand duc
By Diego Giacometti
Located in PARIS, FR
Decorative art.
Bronze
Return from the Tiger hunt
By Roger Godchaux 1
Located in PARIS, FR
"Return from the Hunt" also named '"Return from the Tiger hunt" by Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958) Remarkable bronze group with a nuanced dark greenish brown patina Signed on the base "...
Bronze
$4,476
H 11.82 in W 5.52 in D 7.88 in
1920s Italian Art Decò Signed Bronze Sculpture Nude of Woman
By Gaetano Martinez
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Italian sculpture representing a seated maiden. The artwork rests on a square marble base Signed on the base “Gaetano Martinez Roma” According a written opinion by Prof. Al...
Marble, Bronze
$13,018
H 37.01 in W 41.74 in D 17.72 in
Pair Bronze Greyhounds Dogs Art Deco France 20th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pair of greyhounds French sculptor Art Deco style - 20th century Bronze, lost wax casting Dimensions (cm): male height 94 cm/length 106 cm/width 45 cm female: height 89 cm/len...
Bronze
$65,000
H 31.5 in W 15.63 in
Nude Girl Venus doves grapes Art Deco Vénus Bronze colombes aux raisins
By Auguste Gilbert Privat
Located in Miami, FL
The present work personifies high-end Art Deco. It has a wonderful, deep, rich green patina and commands the eye in any room. It looks better in person and is quite heavy. Signed a...
Bronze
$20,000
H 4.5 in W 21 in D 4 in
Tigre à l'affût, Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Georges Lavroff
By Georges Lavroff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georges Lavroff, Russian (1895 - 1991) - Tigre à l'affût, Year: circa 1925, Medium: Bronze sculpture on marble base, signature inscribed at base, Size: 4.5 x 21 x 4 in. (11.43 x 5...
Marble, Bronze
$2,236
H 12.8 in W 4.73 in D 2.76 in
Naked warrior with short sword / - The New Hercules -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Volz (1847 Karlsruhe - 1914 ibid.), Naked warrior with short sword, c. 1935. Partially (?) patinated bronze with cast plinth mounted on a black marble base (6.8 cm high). 32....
Bronze
Art Deco Silver-coated Bronze Falcon Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Prince Title: Falcon Year: 2006 Medium: Silver-coated Bronze Sculpture Size: 22 in. x 5 in. x 5 in. (55.88 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm)
Bronze
$4,123
H 14.57 in W 5.91 in D 4.73 in
Gladiator ready for battle / - Ready for anything -
By Bruno Zach
Located in Berlin, DE
Bruno Zach (1891 Zhitomir - 1945 Vienna), Gladiator ready for battle, c. 1930. Blackish patinated bronze with silver-plated helmet, shield rim and shield pommel mounted on a fluted m...
Bronze
Two goudou antelopes
By Rembrandt Bugatti
Located in PARIS, FR
Two goudou antelopes « Two friends » by Rembrandt BUGATTI (1884-1916) Group in bronze with a nuanced brownish black patina Signed on the base "R.Bugatti" A lost wax cast by "A.A. Hé...
Bronze
$4,500
H 8.2 in W 4.6 in D 2.75 in
Ferdinand Preiss Hoop Girl And Sonny Boy Painted Bronze Figures
By Ferdinand Preiss
Located in Dallas, TX
Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882 - 1943) Hoop Girl & Sonny Boy Cold-painted bronze Circa 1930, Art Deco Period Dimensions: 8.18 Inches Tall x 4.65 Inches wide x 2.75 inches deep. ...
Marble, Bronze
Girl with a Kid / - Caresses of innocence -
By Ary Bitter
Located in Berlin, DE
Ary Bitter (1883 Marseille - 1973 Paris), Girl with Kid, around 1930. Green patinated bronze with cast plinth loosely mounted on a white-veined dark green marble base. Dimensions of the plinth: 5 cm (height) x 80 cm (length) x 24 (width), dimensions of the bronze 28 cm (height) x 72 cm (length) x 18 cm (width). Weight of the bronze 18.2 kg, total weight 39.2 kg. Signed “Ary Bitter.” on the plinth and stamped “L N Paris J L” by the foundry Les Neveux de Jacques Lehmann...
Bronze
Charming French Art Deco Bronze Nude by F. Trinque, 1930
Located in Dallas, TX
French Art Deco bronze sitting nude by F. Trinque, 1930. A gorgeous Art Deco woman stretching her arms and drying her back with a towel possibly after a swim or bath with a rich gold...
Bronze