20th Century Decorative Arts and Design

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Lot 173
  • 173

'Bigger stretch', a bronze figure attributed to P. Philippe circa 1920's

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Description

  • the bronze with impressed no. 105 under the right foot, the base inscribed 'Philippe'
  • height 39 cm
modelled as a female nude standing and stretching, on green-veined brown marble base

Literature

Cf. Catley Art Deco figures, p. 250 for a contemporary photograph of a variation on this stretching pose titled 'Le Réveil', modelled by P. Philippe. Cf. Berman Vol. II, p. 430, no. 1642 for a version of the figure here offered for sale, titled  'Bigger Stretch' and recorded as anonymous (unsigned)