Susse Frères Animal Sculptures

Early 20th century Art Déco french nickelled bronze owl-shapped car mascot by Édouard-Marcel Sandoz for Susse Frères By: Édouard-Marcel Sandoz, S...

Art Deco Nickelled Bronze Owl-Form Car Mascot. Also used as paperweight. Origin France, circa 1930s. Signed E.M. SANDOZ and Susse Frères firm. Per...

Art Deco bronze bird bell by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. Susse Frères Ed, Susse Frères foundry seal. Origin France. Circa 1920. Perfect condition. The Suss...

Art Deco Edouard Marcel Sandoz gilt bronze lapin rabbit, signed on the base Ed. M. Sandoz and Susse Freres Paris. Mounted over a marble base

Antique German Shepherd bronze sculpture of dog by Pierre Nicolas Tourgueneff. France Late 19th century - early 20th Century. Cast after the mod...

A very large Auguste Cain signed bronze sculpture w/ foundry mark Auguste Nicholas Cain (French, 1821 - 1894) signed patinated bronze sculpture, depicting a lioness carrying a peaco...

A rare and fine work by Ary Bitter and cast by Susse Freres in Paris, this small Modernism sculpture captures a young goat in mid-stride as it runs through a field. The work has an overall waxy and silky smooth surface from the lost-wax casting process, the surface finished in a complex green, black and brown patination. Born in Marseilles, France on May 29th of 1883, Ary Jean Léon Bitter began his studies under the guidance of Emile Aldebert...

An exquisite lost-wax model of a resting German shepherd cast by the Susse brothers foundry, the cast is technically very precise, likely a relatively early casting in light of the f...

Panther Walking" by Maurice Prost (FRENCH, 1894-1967) Patinated bronze; signed "M. Prost" & "Susse Fres Editeurs Paris" to base; exhibited 1928 Item # 009PAC15W A powerful and sleek model of a stalking black panther, this sculpture captures the essence of the Art Deco spirit with it’s mechanized minimalism and proportions. A trained animalier, Maurice Prost was skilled at capturing technical realism while depicting his subjects with utmost austerity - Payne’s "Animals in Bronze” showcases a resting panther by Prost that perfectly juxtaposes this form, its perfect realism and inordinate detailing lending credibility to springboard into minimalism. The present model is one of his most famous works, being finished in a nearly matte black patina and joined through the original Belgian black marble base. The edges of the stone are lightly ground to only hint at naturalism, the pure and gorgeous black marble stone cut with a slight taper in depth and a more evident height tapering. It is incised in the typical script on the base "M. PROST" and "SUSSE FRES EDITEURS PARIS". Prior sale results: Sotheby’s, Paris, 2010, lot 36, 24 3/8” edition; achieved 10,000 EUR Freeman’s, Philadelphia, 2008, lot 76, 14 3/16” edition; achieved $ 6,875 USD Bonhams, London, 2015, lot 69, 64.5cm edition; achieved $ 10,654 USD Christies, London, 2011, Sale 3697, lot 264, 14 5/8” edition; achieved $ 7,022 USD Sotheby’s, Paris, 2007, lot 109, 64.5cm edition; achieved 9,600 EUR Artist Listings & Further Reading: Art Bronzes, Michael Forrest, 1988, p. 220-221, half page illust. 3.171 E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Gründ, 2006, Vol. XI, p. 425-426 Susse Frères 150 Years of sculpture 1837-1987, Editions Susse Frères, Pierre Cadet, 1992, p.75 Maurice Prost, Sculpteur et Peintre Animalier (1894-1967): Exposition Musée Municipal Robert Dubois-Corneau, Brunoy, April 10 - September 30 2007, pp. 25 and 46 Maurice Prost Sculpteur Animalier (1894-1967), Pierre Kastelyn, éd. Concorde Art...

Unique handmade ceramic sculpture from Paris, France. The pictured fish and underwater landscape is elaborated in great detail. On the right edge a small piece of the edge is slightl...

While Antoine-Louis Barye was still relatively unknown and prior to his 1830 initial exhibition at the Paris Salon, in 1829 Susse Freres bought the rights to three of his stag subjec...

A vigorously modeled figure of a panther, Geoffroy executed this model in the nouveau and growing interest in modernism that began gripping the Animaliers during the first quarter of the 20th century. With a light impasto to the surface, it is evident where the artist heavily worked the wax before casting - note the presence of fingerprints that have transferred into the casting, likely a rather early lost-wax casting of the model. An exquisite casting, Geoffroy does a marvelous job alluding to the power, ferocity, agility and curious personality of the panther. Adolphe Louis Victor...