Georges Gardet Animal Sculptures

A very compelling lifetime cast of Georges Gardet's "Desert Drama", it was conceived in 1887 and presented at the Paris Salon of the same year. That monumental original bronze model is located in the Parc...

An exquisite casting of Gardet's Recumbent Great Dane with a nuanced black-over-medium-brown patination highlighted by trace verdigris, it is a silky cast with an underlying sensitiv...

A powerful group of two panthers engaged in combat, it was initially sculpted by Gardet in 1896 and presented at the Paris Salon of the same year as Les Panthères. There was received with acclaim by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts: "Le merveilleux est la souplesse des peaux sous lesquelles on voit s'amasser les muscles, se detendre les nerfs, palpiter les organs... L'artiste a su, par une patientre patine, apparenter le grain au pelage vrai des fauves [The beauty is in the suppleness of the skin under which we see the muscles amass, the nerves relax and the organs throb... The artist has, through a patient patina, simulated the grain of the coat true of the wild animals]" Large and dramatic in scale, the model captures the sheer ferocity of the creatures as their lean muscled bodies twist and writhe in a mortal dance. The rocky naturalistic base is signed in block G. GARDET. It is carved out of a single solid block of marble that was then polychromed and stained to create the effective simulation of the finely textured coat. This model was acquired by a private collector at the Christie's, London sale on March 28th of 2007 where it achieved 9,600 GBP (converting to approximately $ 18,700 USD at the prevailing exchange rate that month) on an estimate of 8,000 - 12,000 GBP. A larger artificially colored marble model of Panthers carved...

Two inseparable parakeets by Georges Gardet (1863-1939). Bronze with golden patina. Signed G. Gardet and inscription of the founder "F. Barbedienne".  

A powerful group of two panthers engaged in combat, it was initially sculpted by Gardet in 1896 and presented at the Paris Salon of the same year as Les Panthères. There was received with acclaim by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts: "Le merveilleux est la souplesse des peaux sous lesquelles on voit s'amasser les muscles, se detendre les nerfs, palpiter les organs... L'artiste a su, par une patientre patine, apparenter le grain au pelage vrai des fauves [The beauty is in the suppleness of the skin under which we see the muscles amass, the nerves relax and the organs throb... The artist has, through a patient patina, simulated the grain of the coat true of the wild animals]" Large and dramatic in scale, the model captures the sheer ferocity of the creatures as their lean muscled bodies twist and writhe in a mortal dance. The rocky naturalistic base is signed in block G. GARDET and is sealed along the back with the foundry cachet for Thiebaut. The surface is finished in a dark-brown overall patina sealed under wax. An example executed in marble is held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (acc. no. 21.32). For similar examples, see Christies, sale 1774, 18 April 2006, lot 19, a much smaller 11 3/4" model cast by Thiebaut Freres that achieved $ 10,200 USD; also see Christies, sale 5959, 9 August 2010, lot 605...

An exquisitely cast model of two mice engrossed in their discovery of a snail shell. The circa 1897 bisque cast model executed by Sèvres is held in the permanent collection of the Mu...

Large and impressive bronze bull on marble base entitled "Bull" by French sculptor, Georges Gardet.

Description: 
Mice and snail. Artist or maker:
 Gardet Georges, 1863-1939. Signature or marks:
 G. Gardet, F. Barbedienne foundry mark. Style:
 Romantic. ...

Antique bronze of a sitting cat. By 
Georges Gardet 1863-1939. Signature/ Marks:
 G. Gardet.
 220 D.
 Founder Siot, Paris. Style:
 Romantic. Date:
 1895. Material:
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a seated cat, scratching it's ear, patinated bronze mounted on a red and black mottled base base is 4.5" L x 2" W