Important Design

Important Design

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Bernard Laurent collection

Jean Chauvin

Sève qui monte

Live auction begins on:

May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Jean Chauvin


Sève qui monte


Designed in 1928, our example made circa 1936

Blackened pear tree 

Signed CHAUVIN, dated MCMXXXVI and dedicated A PIERRE PATOUT / AMICALEMENT

Height : 70 cm ; 27 ½ in.

Bernard Laurent collection, Villefranche-sur-Mer

Thence by descent to the present owner

Paul Mas, Chauvin sculpteur, Paris, 2007, the model referenced under n° 21, n. p.

Christian Zervos, Chauvin, Paris, 1960, p. 29