Auction on
25 September 2019 - 18:00 (CEST) -
28, rue Pierre-Mendès-France - 27400 Louviers
Called on by Robert Mallet-Stevens for the interior design of the Basque port's casino, the sculptor twins created a frieze celebrating the Atlantic province. Far from being in a folky vein, this brilliantly asserted its creators' modernism.
Jean and Joël Martel (1896-1966), Le Pêcheur basque et ses filets (Basque fisherman with his nets), bas-relief in staff created for the Casino La Pergola in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, 121 x 148 cm. Estimate: €40,000/50,000
Jean and Joël Martel (1896-1966), Le Pêcheur basque et ses filets (Basque fisherman with his nets), bas-relief in staff created for the Casino La Pergola in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, 121 x 148 cm. Estimate: €40,000/50,000
In his beret, the solid figure of a fisherman with massive shoulders attracts the eye, making play with the contrast between the receding lines of the nets. The plaster sculpture seems to be built in broad geometric volumes, vibrant with light and shade. You will have recognised the inimitable style of the Martel brothers, champions of a synthetic Art Deco they sometimes simplified to an extreme degree. They chose the subject…
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