SIGNED MAX LE VERRIER 13Â½" FRENCH ART DECO NUDE STATUE

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OPENING BID JUST LOWERED!! SIGNED, AUTHENTIC and ORIGINAL ANTIQUE by 1920's FRENCH ART DECO MASTER, MAX LE VERRIER, Woman with a Ball, "LEUER" or "Glow"or "Glimmer" . This is NOT A RECASTING ! It is the SIGNED , FIRST and ORIGINAL CASTING of the famous dancing nude statue by Max Le Verrier . Max Le Verrier foundry wa s created in 1926 in Paris France and specialized in original and signed bronze and high quality white metal art deco sculptures through the 1930's. They edited the work of other sculptors such as Guerbe, Fayral, Bouraine, Becquerel, Janle, and Masson, but the work of the master sculptor, Max LeVerrier, was the prize of the day. This is a hard to find original, signed by Max Le Verrier himself, 1920's first casting of his 13 ½" statue of the " Woman With The Ball " or " Lueur ", holding an onyx ball and standing tiptoe mounted on black marble base. (The larger, life-size casting of the same piece which was made into a lamp is called "Clarte" or "Lightness".) LeVerrier used three models, one to sit for the head, one for the torso, and the last, a dancer with Josephine Baker's ballet troupe, for the legs. I have included a photograph of Le Verrier at work in his studio with one of his models. It is in near mint condition after professional restoration to the wrist, which had been damaged. A tiny steel rod was inserted read more

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