
+Bust of a girl, Art Deco, L. DORÉ, Susse Frères Paris, 1920.
Bust of a girl made of patinated bronze with a stone base. The artist has depicted a smiling young woman in a hairstyle fashionable at the time.
Paris, 1920. Signed: ‘L.DORÉ’ and ‘Susse Frères Paris’.
Height with base 40.5 cm, height of bronze 28.5 cm.
Very good state of preservation.
Susse Frères Paris - A famous foundry operating in Paris continuously from 1758 to the present day by the Susse brothers Nicolas and Victor. It is the oldest operating foundry in France holding the distinction of ‘Entreprise du patrimoine vivant’. In the past, it collaborated with many famous artists such as Louis-Ernest Barrias, Jules Dalou, Alexandre Falguière and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. Today, it continues to make work for contemporary sculptors such as Olivier Babin, Elsa Sahal, Mark Handforth, Alessandro Montalbano, Sylvie Fleury, Wang Keping, Boris Lejeune, Agnès Bracquemond, Pierre-Édouard or Sam Szafran. In 2015, the foundry opened a new exhibition gallery at 56-62 galerie de Montpensier in Paris.