Pierre Le Faguays was a master at capturing the minute details of the female form in motion. His exceptional Art Deco style transcended sculptures with stunning table lamps, desk accessories and home accents. Le Faguays’s quality is remarkable, and his distinctive pieces are rare, making his works of art highly collectible.
Born in 1892, in Rezé, France, Le Faguays received formal training both in Paris and Switzerland. In Geneva, he met Marcel Bouraine and Max Le Verrier. The three remained lifelong friends, and together founded the Le Verrier foundry, which produced many of Le Faguays’s pieces. Le Faguays was a member of several artist groups, including La Stele, Evolution and the Salon, and designed many pieces for Goldscheider under the La Stele label.
Not all of Le Faguays’s pieces have a stamp with his name. Le Faguays used two other pseudonyms, Raymond Guerbe and Fayral, the family names of his wife and mother. While the name stamps differ, the style remains the same. Le Faguays used a range of media, such as spelter, stone, wood, alabaster, ceramics, terracotta, pâte de verre, zinc and wrought iron. His most popular items were portrayals of dancers sculpted in ivory and bronze.
Le Faguays was recognized with numerous awards and exhibitions. His works were on display at Le Salon d’Automne in 1920 and the Salon of French Artists in 1922. In 1925, Arthur Goldscheider’s pavilion showed his work at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. In 1927, he received the French Medal of Honor and an honorable mention at Le Salon des Artistes Français. In 1937, the Exposition Internationale in Paris exhibited his work. He was a member of the Legion of Honor and the Order of Leopold.
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Ondine
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Art Deco dark green patinated metal figure titled "Ondine" by Pierre Le Faguays using his pseudonym Fayral. Beautifully executed and posed, she is holding a draped cloth in ...
Metal
Water Carrier
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE LE FAGUAYS "WATER CARRIER" BRONZE AND ALABASTER, SIGNED ELECTRIFIED FRANCE, C.1925 15.5 INCHES A French sculptor of lithe female f...
Bronze
$3,496
H 18.51 in W 7.88 in D 9.85 in
Juggler / - Artistic naturalness -
Located in Berlin, DE
Claire Jeanne Robertine Colinet (1880 Brussels - 1950 Asnières-sur-Seine), Juggler, around 1920. Brownish patinated bronze with gilded balls on a round, multi-profiled stone base (10...
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
$2,310Sale Price|40% Off
H 9 in W 14 in
Antique Pair of Russian Wolf Hound/Borzoi Dog Portrait Sculptures circa 1930's
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Pair of Russian Wolfhounds/Borzois Dog Portrait Sculptures by Scalini (aka Scali; Italian, 20th century) circa 1930's Patinated spelter 9 x 14 inches (on bases) Though rath...
Cast Stone, Bronze
$2,499
H 13.75 in W 6 in D 6 in
ERTE "LA DANSEUSE" 1986, BRONZE SCULPTURE
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Femme de luxe" (Bronze) by Erte Type: Sculpture Media: Patina on Bronze Dimensions: 13 3/4" High Year Produced: 1986 Edition Size: 500 Numbered, 35 AP Edition Number: 13/500 In Exce...
Bronze
Erte CHINCHILLA Sculpture, 21.5"H
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) (Russian/ French, 1892-1990) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 270/375; 1990 Materials: bronze Dimensions (H, W, D): 21.5"h, 9.25...
Bronze
Panther sniffing
By Georges Lucien Guyot
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 2 in W 17.75 in
Westside Highway Cast Iron Roundel Art Deco - Rene Paul Chambellan
Located in Miami, FL
This sale is for one of them of the Cast Iron Roundels. However, we have 3 Cast Iron Roundels from the Old West Side Highway in Manhattan if you want to buy all three... reach out to us. . Each retains its original industrial paint. If the paint is removed, the clear shape of the iron cast will be removed. Each roundel has a different image and story. They were designed in 1928 by Rene Paul Chambellan...
Iron
$2,950
H 21 in W 13 in D 7 in
Louis Icart Art Deco Style Fascination Recast Bronze Dancing Woman Statue
By Louis Icart
Located in Plainview, NY
"Fascination" Art Deco Bronze Recast After Louis Icart, Dancing Woman on Marble Base Inspired by the iconic etchings of Louis Icart (1888–1950), this exquisite bronze sculpture title...
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
La Femme A La Panthere, Erté
By Erté
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) Title: La Femme A La Panthere Year: 1981 Medium: Bronze Edition: 43/250 Numbered, 12 AP, 9 HC Size: 15 inches Condition: Excellent Inscrip...
Bronze
$12,000
H 25.75 in W 10.25 in D 10.25 in
"Young Woman Nude" Warren Wheelock, Art Deco, Modernist Female Sculpture Form
By Warren Wheelock
Located in New York, NY
Warren Wheelock Untitled (Young Woman Nude), 1924 Incised signature and date to edge of base "© 1924 by Warren Wheelock" Bronze Sculpture: 20 h × 4½ w...
Bronze
“Danseuse Aux Cymbales”
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Southampton, NY
ABOUT Beautiful and impressive Art Deco statue of a dancing woman with cymbals. Circa 1935. Original title "Danseuse Aux Cymbales". Signed “Fayral” on base which is the pseudonym of...
Metal
“The Archer”
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Southampton, NY
Stunning, original Art Deco bronze of a male archer by the well known French sculptor, Pierre Le Faguays. Condition is very good. Verde green finish over bronze patina. Slight rubbed...
Bronze
OFFRANDE
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FAYRAL (PIERRE LE FAGUAYS) "OFFRANDE" BRONZE, MARBLE AND DAUM NANCY GLASS MAX LE VERRIER FOUNDRY, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1930 12 X 5 X 20.25 INCHES Pierre Le Faguays was born in Nan...
Marble, Bronze
Ballerine
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Ballerine" c.1930 (This is a later cast) is a bronze sculpture after the noted French artist Pierre Le Faguays (A.K.A. A. Fayral) Signature is impressed in the bronze...
Bronze
"Deco Dancer"
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Southampton, NY
Original bronze sculpture by Pierre Le Faguays of an Art Deco dancer holding a strand of garland. Signed on base. Circa 1930's. Overall height on original ...
Bronze
Victory
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Pierre Le Faguays French, (1892-1935) Bronze, signed ‘P. Le Faguays’, with foundry stamp & ‘Susse Frès. Edts. Paris cire perdue’. Height: 24¼ inches Pierre Le Faguays was a F...
Bronze
Dancing Girl with Ball, Art Deco Sculpture 1920's
By Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pierre Le Faguays, French (1892 - 1962) Title: Dancing Girl with Ball Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed in base Size: 11 x 4.5 x ...
Bronze