Paul Belmondo (1898-1982) - Lot 168

Paul Belmondo (1898-1982) Nude of woman with towel Circa 1930 Bronze with shaded brown patina Signed "Belmondo Bears the founder's stamp "C. VALSUANI PARIS CIRE PERDUE" and numbered "2/12". H. 27 cm Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Algiers, a pupil of Boucher in 1921 and a close friend of Despiau, Paul Belmondo's sculptural work displays a sober, academic aesthetic that won him great success in the 1930s. The full, round forms of Nu de femme à la serviette aspire to that return to serenity and simplicity embodied by Belmondo at a time of effervescence in sculpture between the wars. Related literature -Paul Belmondo, la sculpture sereine, Paris Somogy, 1997, plaster model reproduced under no. 20, p. 109, bronze model (Godard cast) listed under no. 65, p. 131 and bronze reduction (Valsuani cast) listed under no. 658, p. 133.