A POLYCHROME BRONZE FIGURE OF A GIRL WITH PUPPETS

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A POLYCHROME BRONZE FIGURE OF A GIRL WITH PUPPETS
CAST FROM A MODEL BY PIERRE LE FAGUAYS, FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Inscribed '17' ----- 19in. (48.2cm.) high, including black marble base signed 'Le Faguays'

Lot Essay

cf. B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, England, 1978, p. 195 for a bronze and ivory example. This model was also marketed with an elaborate puppet stage as the background. cf. V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture: Chryselephantine Statuettes of The Twenties and Thirties, London, 1975, p. 39, illus. for an example with the stage.