GEORGES LUCIEN GUYOT (1885-1973) - Lot 46

GEORGES LUCIEN GUYOT (1885-1973) La Caresse, also known as L'Accolade, the model designed around [1935], print numbered 6 Sculpted group. Black patina bronze proof. Lost-wax casting. Early ante mortem edition. Signed G. GUYOT on the right front of the terrace, inscribed SUSSE Frs Edrs Paris and Cire perdue on the left front of the terrace and SUSSE Frères Éditeurs Paris and number 6 on the rear of the terrace. Height: 37cm - Length: 41.5cm - Width: 34.5cm Provenance: Collection X., Paris. Acquired by the current owner's grandfather directly from the artist. The current owner's grandfather and mother were close friends of Georges Lucien Guyot. Important notice: We would like to thank Mr. Pierre Dumonteil for the information he provided on this work. This sculpture will be registered in the Georges-Lucien Guyot Archives. Related exhibitions and works: - Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles - Plateau du Heysel, Brussels, April 27-November 25, 1935. Another proof of our sculpture model was exhibited at this event, as part of the decor for Une chambre de jeune fille by Eugène Printz. - Georges-Lucien Guyot (1885-1973) - Galerie Dumonteil, Paris, May 28 - June 30, 1997. Another bronze proof of our sculpture model, catalog number 25, exhibited at this event. Bibliography and related works: - Pierre M. Dumonteil - Georges-Lucien Guyot, 1885-1973: dessins - peintures - sculptures - Catalogue de l'exposition rétrospective à l'occasion du Cinquantenaire du "Taureau de l'Aubrac", Laguiole, 1997. Another bronze proof of our sculpture model, referenced under catalog number 25, quoted on page 23 and reproduced on page 2. - Expo] Guyot - Catalogue for the exhibition at Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud, Paris, June 10 - July 17, 2021. Another bronze proof of our sculpture model reproduced on pages 18 and 19. - 100 sculptures animières - Bugatti, Pompon, Giacometti... - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, from April 13 to October 28, 2012, Éditions Somogy, Paris, 2012. Another bronze proof of our sculpture model, entitled Couple de panthères, reproduced on page54.