Magpie - Jan And Joël Martel (1896-1966)

A bronze sculpture with a dual patina, dark brown and gilded
Signed to the front of the base " J.Martel "
Cast by " Susse FrèresEditeurs Paris " (with the foundry stamp) 

France
Model created in 1926
Cast around 1927 

height 32,7 cm
length 23 cm
width 8 cm 

A similar model is reproduced in "J.J. Martel, sculpteurs",Gallimard/Electa, Paris, 1996, page 178, n°45.

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Biography :
The twins Jan and Joël Martel, bornMarch 5, 1896 in Nantes and died respectively on March 16 and September 25,1966 in Bois-de-Céné, were both of them French sculptors and decorators. AsParisian artists, they spent long moments in Vendée region, in their Mollinproperty, or in Saint-Jean-de-Monts, city in which one can see their lastmonumental work: "The Sea Birds". Their works were sculptures,monuments or fountains of Art Deco or Cubist inspiration. They also realizedaround 1920 interior fittings for villas.Jan and Joel Martel shared the sameworkshop and their work to the point of signing their compositions only by"Martel". The Martel brothers took part in the Salon desIndépendants, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Tuileries and the DecorativeArts Exhibition of 1925, where they presented, in collaboration with RobertMallet-Stevens, Cubist trees made of reinforced concrete that defied then thechronicle. In the Villa Noailles, which the architect made in Hyères in1923-1928, Jan and Joël Martel executed a bas-relief on the central column ofthe hall and a polyhedral mirror. In 1926-1927, Mallet-Stevens built a mansionfor the two brothers at No. 10 rue Mallet-Stevens in Paris, whose main entrancedoor was designed by Jean Prouvé. In 1932, they made a monument to ClaudeDebussy, in the Claude-Debussy Garden in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Thetwins died in 1966 at six months of interval, Joel victim of the disease ofCharcot, Jean following an accident of the road.