19th and 20th Century Sculpture: Including Works by Rodin’s Teacher, Carrier-Belleuse
19th and 20th Century Sculpture: Including Works by Rodin’s Teacher, Carrier-Belleuse
Alexandre Kéléty
Tireur à l'Arc (Archer)
Lot Closed
July 13, 11:34 AM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Alexandre Kéléty
Hungarian
active 1918 - 1940
Tireur à l'Arc (Archer)
signed AKelty [sic] and inscribed: ETLING Paris and inscribed to the underside: MADE IN FRANCE PREMIÈRE ÉPREUVE
bronze, golden green patina
107cm., 42in.
The Hungarian born French sculptor Alexandre Kéléty was responsible for some of the most elegant examples of Art Deco sculpture, many of which were exhibited at the 1925 Paris Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes and the 1937 Paris Exposition universelle. The present model shows a stylised archer in a dynamic pose, his billowing drapes harmoniously echoing the undulating shape of the bow. It relates to the sculptor's other action group, The Charioteer (Arwas, op. cit., pp. 116-117).
RELATED LITERATURE
V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, pp. 115-117
RELATED LITERATURE
V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, pp. 115-117