BY JEAN EFFEL (1908-1982)

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A FRENCH GLAZED CERAMIC ANIMALIER CHESS SET
BY JEAN EFFEL (1908-1982)
The kings modelled as polar bears, the queens as swans, the bishops as monkeys, the knights as seated horses, the rooks as birds nesting, the pawns as rabbits, the undersides stamped JEAN EFFEL FRANCE and numbered
The king -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Jean Effel was a pseudonym, born François Lejeune in Paris, he was a professional artist and illustrator, cartoonist and satirist. He published a number of political pamphlets and posters. Among his most important works are collection of anti-fascist caricatures (1935), the children's fairytale Turelune le Cornepipeux (1944) and the series La Criation du Monde ('The Creation of the World'), which started in 1945. In 1953, he created 'When Animals Still Talked'. He received the International Lenin Peace Prize in 1968

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