French Sculptures

Antoniucci VOLTI ( 1915-1989 ) Original bronze sculpture with green patina depicting a nude figure. Signed "Volti" and numbered "6/6" with Art Foundry / Toronto pastille. Circa 1979...

Sculpture of a duck in hand painted wood. France, circa 1960.

20th century handmade sculpture of a duck painted in natural colors. France, circa 1960.  

Handmade wooden duck painted in natural colors. France, 20th century.

A pair of Art Deco parrot bookends by Georges van de Voorde, Belgian artist who worked in France. Signed and with founders' seal. Lovely green patina, ...

Ignacio Gallo was born in Valladolid, Spain in the 19th century. He worked from 1910–1935 specialising in statuettes of bathers, dancers, nudes and pagan goddesses. While working in Paris in the mid to late 1920s he created this piece of two women dancing. Unlike a nude sculpture, this gives us a glimpse of the era with the fashionable bobbed hairdo, and the shortened skirt. The 1920s “Jazz Age” saw a great deal of same sex dancing partners some of it romantic but more often just the popularity of both social dance and “artistic” (think Isadora Duncan) as well as “cabaret” performance. This lively sculpture is a nod to all three forms. Ignacio Gallo’s creations in bronze were made at the Marcel Guillemard Foundry which has an interesting history of its own. Guillemard worked first with Andre Fau...

Michel Anasse sculpture in soldering iron representing a pheasant.

A rare and fine period French Art Deco bronze sculpture of a male dancer or ballerina (nude but for a dancer's belt). The dancer stands with outstretched arms and leg bearing a strai...

Rare and important figural bronze abstract sculpture, Claire, by Maxime Adam-Tessier (1920-2000) circa 1960s. Her unique bust is atypical of his work. Signed with a monogram and mark...

Polychromed sculpted stone lion, circa 1950. 200 kg.

Off-print copy, offered by the artist to the previous owner.