48 - GEORGES LUCIEN GUYOT (1885–1973) SCULPTOR – ALEXIS RUDIER CASTING ARTIST

GEORGES LUCIEN GUYOT (1885–1973) SCULPTOR – ALEXIS RUDIER CASTING ARTIST Pair of oryx, model created around [1920] Sculpted group. Bronze cast with a black patina featuring rich, translucent brown hues. Early edition cast from the 1920s. Signed “G. GUYOT” on the right side of the base; bears the mark “Alexis RUDIER Fondeur Paris” on the rear edge of the base; bears the original label with the handwritten ink inscription “J. 2001” – AUR X – CRZR and the ink inscription “J. 2001” beneath the terrace. Height: 51.5 cm – Length: 60 cm – Width: 18 cm Important: This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared under the direction of Mr. Pierre Dumonteil. Note: Georges-Lucien Guyot collaborated with the Alexis Rudier foundry after World War I until the mid-1920s; and then, on rare occasions, on a very ad hoc and/or sporadic basis for special commissions, outside the scope of his agreements with the Susse Frères foundry.