'Two Panthers' by André-Vincent Becquerel, c. 1930

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Art Deco sculpture two birds on an anchor by André Vincent Becquerel. Foundry mark L.N. Paris. Les Neveux de Lehmann. Patinated bronze on a Belgian Black marble base. France 1930. Litrature: Art Deco and other figures, Brian Catley, Antique collectors club. Animals in bronze, Christopher Payne. Antique collectors club. Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, E. Benezit. Gründ. Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers & fondeurs de l’antiquité à nos jours, Jean Charles Hachet. Argus Valentines. The dictionary of sculptors in bronze, James Mackay. Antique collectors club. Art Deco sculpture, Statuettes of the twenties and thirties, Victor Arwas, Academy/ St Martins. Mascottes passion, Michel Legrand, Antic show éditions. Mascottes automobiles...

A rare and fabulous French Art Deco large bronze signed sculpture of a bunting panther by Andre Vincent Becquerel, French, 1893-1981 This lovely cast, in a warm dark brown patina with green undertones is sculpted with highly stylized anatomical details. The sculpture rests on self base. Becquerel's favorite subject matter was cats. He often captured them in a natural setting, stretching, stalking, clawing at a tree stump or walking in tandem. The model offered here with the panther bunting/rubbing against a stump of a tree is a rare version. This innate feline behavior is seen as a sign of affection, or of a transfer of their scent to claim territory or marking you as a friend. Becquerel was born in northern France. He attended the École des Beaux-arts in Paris and studied in the ateliers of Hector Lemaître and Prosper Lecourtier, the Animalier sculptor. He also worked with Charles Valton, who had studied under both Barye and Fremiet, two other renown animalier sculptors. He began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1914 and continued to do so for the rest of his career. In 1944 Becquerel was awarded a bronze medal by The ‘Artistes Français’ and a gold medal in 1945. In 1952 he won the Prix de l’Yser, which made him hors concours and thus above the future competition process. Cubist, Impressionism, Expressionism, Futurism, Modernism, Realism, Cubism, Piero Palazzolo...

Art Deco bronze sculpture bird on horseshoe by André Vincent Becquerel, bronze with green patina on a Belgian black marble base. France 1930. ...

Art Deco sculpture birds on a branch signed by André Vincent Becquerel. Bronze with silver patina mounted on a Belgian Black marble base. France 1930. Literature: Art Deco and o...

Pair of silver plated bronze bookends depicting two horses seating on a marble by André Vincent Becquerel Made in France Circa:1930 Signatur...

Art Deco bronze pheasant sculpture by André Vincent Becquerel, Bronze, patinated on a Belgian Black marble base. France 1925.