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38 - Jean Ary Bitter (1883–1973)
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Jean Ary Bitter (1883–1973) Elephant Bookends Pair of bronze bookends with a reddish-brown patina One signed in a cartouche: “ARY BITTER SCLP / SUSSE FRES EDRS PARIS” The other bears an inscription in a cartouche: “LE PERSONNEL / DE LA MAISON BARLA / A MR MEIFFRET” Height of figures: 15 cm and 27 cm; Dimensions of bases: H. 17 x W. 10 x D. 16 cm Ary Bitter, a native of Marseille, enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1902, where he studied under Ernest-Louis Barrias while working in Jules Coutan’s studio. Beginning in 1910, he participated in the Salon des Artistes Français, where he won the gold medal in 1924. The Susse company produced twenty-nine of Bitter’s designs during the interwar period.
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