Raymond MARTIN (1910-1992) Bust of André... - Lot 113 - Crait + Müller

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Raymond MARTIN (1910-1992) Bust of André... - Lot 113 - Crait + Müller
Raymond MARTIN (1910-1992) Bust of André George, 1949 Bronze print with a brown-black patina on a black marble base from Belgium. Claude Valsuani lost wax casting. Signed and dedicated (on the back) to André George RAYMOND MARTIN. Stamp of the foundryman (on the back). 36 x 17.5 x 25 (without the base) LITERATURE AT RAPPORT : Michel Faré, ibid. Raymond Martin, exhibition catalogue, Galliera Museum, ibid, (reproduced on p. 58, Pl. VI). André George (1890-1978), French man of letters and scientific writer, directed the collection of books Sciences d'aujourd'hui from 1937 to 1978. He knew the artist well and wrote the preface to his exhibition at the Galliera Museum in 1960, which featured his bust. In it, the writer explains about his ami : "We are indeed looking at a true artist, who practices his art faithfully; who is a man of truth". A student and later collaborator of Robert Wlérick, Raymond Martin is in the line of the great French figurative sculptors up to Auguste Rodin (whom he considers "the god of savoir "). The Bust of André George is a continuation of numerous portraits and statues of illustrious men, begun in 1948 with the Monument to Carle Vernet. The sculptor's work continues with the Parisian monuments to Marshal Foch in 1951, to General Mangin in 1954, to General Leclerc in 1969, and also the Equestrian Statue of President Habib Bourguiba in Sfax, Tunisia, in 1973.
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