Pair of French Art Deco Bookends Signed Max Le Verrier Green Bronze on Marble

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Pair of French Art Deco Bookends Signed Max Le Verrier Green Bronze on Marble

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Extremely decorative and very finely designed cubic Art Deco bookends by Max Le Verrier. Clear and strict depiction of bison in green bronze on a black and cream colored marble base. Louis Octave Maxime Le Verrier, short Max Le Verrier (born January 29, 1891 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, † June 6, 1973 in Paris, France) was a French sculptor. He also used the stage name Arthur. Le Verrier was the son of a Parisian goldsmith and jeweler; his mother was from Belgium. His parents separated when he was seven years old. He attended several boarding schools, including the École des Roches in Verneuil-sur-Avre. Against Max's will, his father sent him to study agriculture in Saint-Sever and La Réole. He returned to Paris at the age of 16 and took odd jobs to avoid working in agriculture. In 1909 he left France and moved to London for a short time, where he found it difficult to find work. Le Verrier worked at a flight school in Rendon, where he first serviced planes and then obtained his pilot's license in 1913. During the First World War he was used in a French bomber squadron from February 1915. On May 25, 1915, he was shot down by a German fighter plane in a dogfight. Classified as missing, he received the French military medal and the Croix de guerre 1914-1918. During his captivity in Munster, the NCO was not stopped to work. He asked for tools and modeling clay and began sculpting. Le Verrier made friends with other artists in the camp and portrayed some of his fellow prisoners. In 1917 he was interned in Switzerland as part of a prisoner exchange. At the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, he studied with Marcel Bouraine and Pierre Le Faguays, who remained friends throughout their lives and often worked together. After the war, Le Verrier returned to Paris, where he married Jeanne Hubrecht in 1921, with whom he had two sons. In the early 1920s he inherited a small foundry in which he was soon producing small sculptures and decorative objects such as lamps, ashtrays, bookends and hood ornaments in the Art Deco style. In addition to his own sculptures, he cast for the artists Pierre Le Faguay, Marcel Bouraine, André Vincent Becquerel and Jules Edmont Masson. He mostly worked with bronze, ivory, zinc, terracotta and ceramics. Le Verrier showed his work in the salons of the Société des artistes décorateurs, of which he was an elected member. He won a gold medal at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern exhibition in 1925. He also exhibited at the Paris World Exhibition in 1937. During the Art Deco period, his female figures - such as his work Clarte - became particularly well-known, which were characterized by their flexible, athletic bodies in perfect symmetry. Le Verrier's work also included animal sculptures such as pelicans, storks, squirrels, chimpanzees, horses, lions and black panthers. During the Second World War, Le Verrier's house was used as a dead post box for the Resistance. He was held in cellars for four days by the militia of the Vichy regime, which collaborated with the National Socialist German Reich, and handed over to the German occupiers, who ultimately let him go again. The militia returned a few days later, but Le Verrier was able to escape through a hidden door. Using false papers, he first sought refuge with a friend in Paris and then found his way to his house in the Gers department in southern France, where his wife and children were already waiting for him. In September 1944, Le Verrier returned to Paris, where he found his apartment and workshop looted. At the end of the war he was able to reopen his workshop. In addition to a series of small animal sculptures with birds, rhinos, donkeys, goats, bears and sea lions, as well as the Don Quixote and Sancho Panza sculpture group, Le Verrier poured everyday items such as ashtrays, office supplies and souvenirs. He worked in his Paris studio until his death in 1973. Max Le Verrier was laid to rest in the cemetery of Fontenay-lès-Briis near his friend Pierre Le Faguays.

Dimensions:
Height: 5.91 in (15 cm)Width: 7.49 in (19 cm)Depth: 2.37 in (6 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
Art Deco (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Marble,Cast
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
1935
Condition:
Seller Location:
Salzburg, AT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2438325029522

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