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Lot 136:
Description
Keywords: Chicago World’s Fair; Century of Progress Exposition; Streamline Moderne; Machine-Age modern; bas-relief panels; architectural wall relief; stylized figural panels; torch-bearer figure; allegorical figures; vertical diptych; tall narrow panels; large-scale wall art; exhibition design; American decorative arts; modernist sculpture, metallic patina finish; patinated resin; plastic relief; mounted wood frame; wall-mounted; interior designer favorite; statement piece; lobby / corridor installation; museum reproduction lineage; École des Beaux-Arts training; French-American sculptor; Chicago and Dallas exhibitions, low-relief sculpture; decorative panels; silvered surface; industrial aesthetic; paired panels; entryway feature
Summary:
Raoul Josset for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Pair of figural wall panels Cast circa 1985 from the now-lost originals, these patinated molded reliefs are mounted on wood frames and depict stylized figures in an Art Deco style. Josset, a French-American sculptor trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, created numerous works for exhibitions in Chicago and Dallas during the 1930s.
Measurement: Panel: 84 x 20 1/4 in. (213.4 x 51.4 cm.), Frame: 88 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (224.8 x 62.2 cm.) Approx
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