JOEL AND JAN MARTEL (1896-1966)
Preliminary sketch for this sculpture by Joel and Jan Martel
JOEL AND JAN MARTEL (1896-1966)

A DAMASCENE AND PATINATED BRONZE SCULPTURE, CIRCA 1919

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JOEL AND JAN MARTEL (1896-1966)
A Damascene and Patinated Bronze Sculpture, circa 1919
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, 17¼ in. (43.8 cm.) wide
signed in the mold J. MARTEL, stamped 29

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cf. C. Vital, et. al., Joël et Jan Martel: Sculpteurs 1896-1966, Paris, 1996, pp. 127-29 for an illustration of a sculpture of this model and an accompanying drawing.
T. Menten, The Art Deco Style in Household Objects, Architecture, Sculpture, Graphics, Jewelry, New York, 1972, p. 179 for a sculpture of this model in plaster.

A sculpture of this model with damascene decoration, perhaps this very one, was exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, Paris in 1926.

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