41 - Alfred Auguste Janniot (1889-1969)

Alfred Auguste Janniot (1889-1969) Bust of his studio model In plaster H. 32 cm Provenance: > Maître Vincent Gérard Tasset, Angoulême, auction sale October 25, 2024 - lot no. 2 > Private collection, Auvergne The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Madame Edwige Anne Demeurisse, CNES expert, dated October 3, 2024. Alfred Janniot is the author of an important monumental work, emblematic of the Art Deco aesthetic. A friend of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann and painter Louis Bouquet, he took part in the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs, created the large stone bas-relief on the façade of the Musée de la Porte Dorée, built for the 1931 Exposition Coloniale, and decorated the rear of the Palais de Tokyo, built in 1937, near the fountain, with two large bas-reliefs. His work can also be found in New York (Rockefeller Center), Nice (Fontaine du Soleil place Masséna), Bordeaux (Bourse du travail), in the Calouste Gulbenkian collection in Lisbon with his Hommage à Jean Goujon destined for the Collectionneur garden at the 1925 Exposition des Arts décoratifs, etc.