Don Quixote And Sancho Pancha, Bronze Bookends

Don Quixote and Sancho Pencha, pair of patinated bronze bookends resting on a black marble base attributed to JANLE Janle, pseudonym of Max le Verrier. Max le Verrier was a French sculptor best known for his elegant figurative works. Whether he represented dancers, animals or lighting fixtures, Le Verrier composed his pieces in an Art Deco style. Born Louis Octave Maxime Le Verrier on January 29, 1891 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the artist was sent to an internment camp in Switzerland during the First World War. He then studied at the Geneva School of Fine Arts, where he made his first terracotta statuettes. Upon his return to France after the war, Le Verrier opened his own studio. The start of the Second World War forced him to flee to the South, he would later return to Paris, where he lived and worked until his death on June 6 at the age of 82. Maison Max Le Verrier continues the tradition of the artist's studio in Kremlin Bicêtre. Height of Don Quixote from the base to the tip of his spear: 31 cm