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A very elegant and fine bronze sculpture by Marcel Bouraine circa 1930
On each hand, a carved ivory ball
Nice original gilt patina, on an original onyx base
Signed Bouraine on the base
H : 19.6″ W : 13.7″
This bronze sculpture is very hard to find of this tall size
Very good condition
Marcel Andre Bouraine born in Pontoise ( France ). He studied under Alexandre Falguière. Taken prisonner by the German during the 1914-1918 war, he so interested his captors that they gave him many works to execute. In 1922, he exhibited at the Paris ” Salon des Tuileries” . After he began to exhibit at the ” Salon de la Socièté des Artistes Français”. In 1928, Gabriel Argy-Rousseau commissioned a number of figurines from Bouraine, mostly female nudes. Bouraine is one of the most important French sculptor of the Art deco era
