Grand Prix De Monaco
Grand Prix De Monaco
3D
Published 2019-01-11T12:32:28+00:00
This wonderful bronze captures the excitement of a Bugatti racing car speeding through the streets of Monte Carlo at the Monaco Grand Prix. The influence of cubism on Becquerel's work is suggested in the present sculpture, particularly in the modelling of the rocky cliff. Overall, the stylisation of the Bugatti automobile, figures and rockwork lends a simplicity that is well at home in this wonderful composition. Becquerel was a pupil of Hector Lemaire and Prosper Lecourtier at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He specialised primarily in animal sculpture in the Art Deco style, which he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1914 to 1922. His most famous work is The Finish, depicting two racehorses in a photo-finish.
| Date de publication | 11/01/2019 |
| Titre | Grand Prix De Monaco |
| Date | circa 1914 |
| Dimension | 42cm x 70cm |
| Accession | sold as lot 120 at the price of 25,000 GBP |
| Medium | Bronze, dark brown patina |
| Record | http://www.sothebys.com/fr/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/19th-20th-century-sculpture-l18230/lot.120.html |
| Artiste | André Vincent Becquerel |
| Localisation | Sotheby's |
Beautiful design. Thanks