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  Marcel Bouraine, Pair of French Art Deco “Dove” Bookends c. 1930

  Marcel Bouraine (active 1925-1930) France.

  Pair of Art Deco “Dove” sculptural bookends, circa 1930.

  Silvered bronze (sand cast technique) in the form of doves with openly displayed and fan shaped tail feathers perched on roof pan tiles.

  Marks: Bouraine (2x), #’s 52 and 53.

  For more information and other works by Bouraine see: Les Echoes D’Art (May 1927), p. 21; Art Deco Sculpture, Bryan Catley; The Art Deco Style, Selected by Theodore Menten (New York: Dover Publications, 1972), p. 172; Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, E. Bénézit, vol. 2 (Paris: Librarie Grund, 1976), p. 231, An Encylopedia of Art Deco, Edited by Alastair Duncan (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988) pp. 26,28-29,31,104; Art Deco, Victor Arwas (New York, Harry Abrams,1980) pp. 163, 269.

  H: 5 ¾” x W: 4 ½” x D: 3 ½”