Art Deco Bronze Bust Of Jean Mermoz C 1930 By Alexandre Kelety 1874-1940

Name: Art Deco Bronze Bust Of Jean Mermoz C 1930 By Alexandre Kelety 1874-1940
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SKU: 1774873
Price: 1400.00 USD
Availability: InStock
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$1,400.00

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Item #1774873

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Redding, CT 06896

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Item Description

This striking Art Deco bronze bust by Hungarian artist Alexandre Kelety
of the famous French aviator and hero Jean Mermoz who lived from 1901 untill 1930. The bust is mounted on an impressive Belgian Black marble base. France C 1930.
Signed 'Kelety' to the reverse and impressed '7 BRONZE'
Size 14 H x 21 L x 9.5 D
ABOUT ARTIST
Known For Art Deco Sculpture, Ceramics and Painting
Alexandre Kéléty (born in Budapest and died in 1940) was a Hungarian sculptor. The date of birth of Alexandre Kéléty is not mentioned in the literature. He was active as an artist, sculptor, painter and engraver from 1918 until his death in 1940. Kéléty married Hélène Grün Kéléty, daughter of the French naturalized Russian painter Maurice Grün. At the end of the First World War , he emigrated to France, where he became a pupil of the Hungarian painter and engraver Imre Karoly Simay in Toulouse. He then studies in Paris. In his works, he often represents animals as well as the theme of childhood. He also produces chryselephantine busts and statuettes depicting dancers and mythological figures in art deco style . His favourite materials were bronze, ivory, marble and ceramics.

Condition

Good

Categories

Fine Art, Sculpture

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18%

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Clearing House Estate Sales

7335

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