Georges Gardet

LOT 422 GEORGES GARDET 1863-1939 RECUMBENT GREAT DANE signed: G. GARDET, stamped with the SIOT-DECAUVILLE FONDEUR PARIS foundry mark and numbered: 67L Bronze, rich dark brown patina, on a veined green marble base bronze: 25.5 by 46 by 18.5cm., 10 by 18¼ by 7¾in.; base: 4 by 47 by 20cm.; 1½ by 18¼ by 8in.

Georges Gardet (French, 1863-1939) Lion et Lionne Signed "G. GARDET" on the base l.c., marked "SIOT DECAUVILLE, Fondeur, Paris" on the base. Bronze with a brown patina, height 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm). Condition: Wear, oxidation, surface grime. Provenance: Descended within the families of William Walters (1819-1894) and/or George Harold Edgell (1887-1954).

Lot 24 Georges Gardet (French, 1863-1939) Deux Lionnes Signed "G. CARDET [ sic ]" on the base l.c., marked "SIOT DECAUVILLE, Fondeur, Paris" on the base, stamped "1602" along the side, on the base. Bronze with a brown patina, height 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm), framed. Condition: Wear, oxidation, surface grime. Provenance: Descended within the families of William Walters (1819-1894), and/or George Harold Edgell (1887-1954). Please refer to lot 15 for more details. Estimate $4,000-6,000

GEORGES GARDET (FRENCH, 1863-1939) Lion attaquant un bison signed 'G.GARDET' (on the base) bronze with dark brown patina 9 in. (22.9 cm.) with Siot-Decauville foundry cachet and stamped Tiffany & Co 6447 (on the base) Provenance Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 March 1981, lot 17, where purchased.

signed: G. GARDET ochre coloured marble CATALOGUE NOTE Gardet was an animalier sculptor who used unusually coloured marbles and mixed medias to imbue his sculpture of both domestic pets and wild beasts with a sense of great dignity. As an early pupil of Frémiet and Millet, Gardet was lauded with medals and awards that culminated in the Grand Prix de l'Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, the same year he became an officer of the Légion d'honneur. Amongst other works, he executed a group of a Panther and a Lion for the Parc Montsouris in Paris (1887) and Tigres intended for the Vaux-le-Vicomte (1900). Gardet was the foremost successor of the animalier sculptors of the generation prior, including the giants Bayre and Mêne. The present marble of a resting lion has a commanding presence and almost human-like regality that is only enhanced by the beautiful ochre-coloured marble in which it is carved.