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¤ Georges Laurent SAUPIQUE 1889-1961 Quatre sculptures monumentales 1927-1929" L''Indochine " - 1927 – 1929
Georges Saupique

Lot 55: ¤ Georges Laurent SAUPIQUE 1889-1961 Quatre sculptures monumentales 1927-1929" L''Indochine " - 1927 – 1929

Est: €1,200,000 EUR - €1,500,000 EURSold:
ArtcurialParis, FranceNovember 22, 2016

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Georges Laurent SAUPIQUE 1889-1961

Quatre sculptures monumentales 1927-1929
" L''Indochine " - 1927 – 1929
A - " L''Afrique du Nord "
Djellaba en marbre blanc légèrement veiné gris, visage, bras droit et main gauche en marbre rouge (Sanguine de Sampans), agneau en marbre noir veiné blanc. Bâton de berger et cactée en bronze à pa-tine noire nuancée. Socle d''origine.
Signé sur le socle et titré en façade.
Haut. 185 cm - Socle : 10 x 60 x 46 cm

B - " Les Antilles "
Pagne en marbre blanc légèrement veiné gris, buste et pointes des pieds en marbre rouge (Sanguine de Sampans), chevelure en marbre noir. Collier, bracelet et boucle d''oreille réhaussés de dorure. Socle d''origine.
Signée sur le socle et titrée en façade.
Haut. 185 cm - Socle : 10 x 60 x 46 cm

C - " L''Afrique noire "
Corps en marbre rouge, bouclier, en marbre rouge (Sanguine de Sampans) à bordure incrustée de frises en triangles alternés blanc et noir, sque-lette de tête de hippopotame en marbre beige. Totem en bronze à patine noire nuancée. Socle d''origine.
Signée sur le socle et titrée en façade.
Haut. 185 cm - Socle : 10 x 60 x 46 cm

D - " L''Indochine "
Sari en marbre bleu turquin à décor de tissu gravé, bras et visage en marbre rouge (Sanguine de Sampans). Serpent à sept têtes, bol et tiare en bronze à patine noire nuancée. Socle d''origine.
Signée sur le socle et titrée en façade.
Haut. 190 cm - Socle : 10 x 60 x 46 cm

Provenance :
- Société financière française et coloniale, 51 rue d''Anjou, Paris
- Vente Tajan, 22 novembre 2000, lots 87A à 87D
- Collection Claude et Simone Dray
- Vente Christie''s Paris, 8 juin 2006,
lot 11 à 14
- Collection privée américaine

Historique :
Ces quatre sculptures monumentales ont été comman-dées en 1927 par Octave Hombert pour la Société Financière Française et Coloniale (SFFC). Elles sont installées en 1929 dans le hall du siège social, 51 rue d''Anjou à Paris où elles resteront jusqu''en 2000.

Exposition :
Exposition Georges Saupique, Musée Rodin, 1961, n°21, pl.5, pour
" l''Afrique du nord ".

Bibliographie :
Pierre Pradel, Georges Saupique, Paris, 1960, n.p., pour une photographie de la sculpture " Les Antilles ".
Pierre du Colombier, "Georges Saupique", Art et Décoration, 1937, sculptures mentionnées p. 54.
Catalogue de l''exposition, " Georges Saupique ", Musée Rodin, 1961, n°21, "l''Afrique du Nord" reproduite pl. 5.
Stéphane Richemond, Les orientalistes: dictionnaire des sculpteurs XIXe-XXe, Éditions de l''Amateur, Paris, 2008, p.197, "L''Afrique du Nord" reproduite p. 197.
Edouard Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, Paris, 1930, nos
sculp-tures citées dans la biographie consacrée à Georges Laurent Saupique, et reproduction de "L''Afrique du Nord".

Four monumental sculptures by Georges Laurent Saupique; polychromatic marble and bronze; 1927-1929; Titled and signed;
72.83 in.; 72.83 in.; 72.83 in.; 74.80 in.
Base: 3.93 x 23.62 x 18.11 in.




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Georges Saupique

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