A small animal bronze 'Lying desert fox'
Édouard Marcel Sandoz (Basel 1881 - Lausanne 1971)
Lot-No. 349
Bronze with gold-brown patina, h. 7 cm, sign. 'M. Sandoz', foundry mark 'Susse Frères Paris' and 'cire perdue'. Marble plinth h. 2 cm. - Provenance: Private Collection Hamburg - Swiss sculptor, painter a. designer. S. was a son of the founder of the pharmaceutical industry of the same name. He became chemist but then entered on an artistic career. He studied at the arts a. crafts schools in Geneva a. since 1905 in Paris. Although very versatile he ist most renowned for his animal figures.
Édouard Marcel Sandoz: A small animal bronze 'Lying desert fox'
Édouard Marcel Sandoz (Basel 1881 - Lausanne 1971)
A small animal bronze 'Lying desert fox'
Lot-No. 349
Bronze with gold-brown patina, h. 7 cm, sign. 'M. Sandoz', foundry mark 'Susse Frères Paris' and 'cire perdue'. Marble plinth h. 2 cm. - Provenance: Private Collection Hamburg - Swiss sculptor, painter a. designer. S. was a son of the founder of the pharmaceutical industry of the same name. He became chemist but then entered on an artistic career. He studied at the arts a. crafts schools in Geneva a. since 1905 in Paris. Although very versatile he ist most renowned for his animal figures.