Enrique Molins Balleste - (1893-1958) - "The Skier of Saint - Lot 134

Enrique Molins Balleste - (1893-1958) - "The Skier of Saint Moritz" - (circa 1929) Ivory and bronze chryselephantine sculpture with brown patina on two-tone marble base depicting a skier descending a mountain slope, signed H.Molins on each ski. The signature on the sculpture is transcribed in French, the H corresponding to the first name Henri, which in Spanish corresponds to the first name Enrique. For information, this sculptor of Catalan-Spanish origin spent most of his artistic career in France. height: 50cm. (including base). base width: 48cm - total gross weight 18kgs This sculpture presented here is a typical work of the Art Deco period (1919-1939). The theme of sport and mountain recreation was popular with sculptors of the period, given the success and international renown of the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. The year 1924 also marked the birth of the first Winter Olympic Games, held in Chamonix from January 25 to February 05, 1924. This sculpture was produced in a number of bronze copies, with this ivory element sublimating the expressive face of the skier dressed in a bronze outfit. The artist's works were sold in interior design stores.