Alan Durman "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden" c. 1945
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Alan Durman “Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden” c. 1945
ALAN DURMAN (1905-1963) UK
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden c. 1945
Oil on aluminum panel on a wood structure, elaborately carved gilt wood frame
Painting: H: 23 1/4” x W: 30 3/16”
Framed: H: 28 3/4” x W: 35 9/16”
Alan Durman was born in Saltford, England and worked as a local muralist where his most important work is on display at the Saltford Community Hall. The largest mural of the three celebrates the community and shows the indigenous landscape as a backdrop to dancing and frolicking locals. The other two paintings show a view across Kelston village to Kelston Round Hill, a significant local landmark and in the other a verdant view featuring an ancient forest across to the River Avon. In the late 1930’s and 40’s Durman directed his talent as an illustrator and designed many posters. He created travel related posters for British Railways (BR) and the British Transport Commission (BTC) which featured stylish and active young families at sea side resorts.
Boucheron, Paris “Palmette” bracelet, 18K pink gold, signed: Boucheron, Paris (script incised block signature), G and L in a triangle for Georges Lenfant (maker), c. 1945
Margaret de Patta “Abstract” brooch, silver, chrysoprase and carnelian, signed, c. 1945, Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection, 1991
MARGARET DE PATTA (1903-1964) USA
Abstract brooch c. 1945
Sterling with both a smooth finish and a textured surface in a biomorphic design set with rondels of chrysoprase and carnelian
Marks: De Patta chevron insignia, STERLING
Illustrated: Design 1935 – 1965, What Modern Was: selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart collection ed. Martin Eidelberg, (Montreal/New York: Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montréal/Harry N. Abrams, 1991), p. 100, illus. 130.
Related designs illustrated: The Jewelry of Margaret de Patta: A Retrospective Exhibition, Oakes Gallery and The Oakland Museum (Oakland, Calif.: 1979); Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry 1940-1960, ed. Martin Eidelberg, (Montreal: The Lake St. Louis Historical Society, 1996).
Andre Vincent Becquerel Arabian Horse bronze sculpture c. 1930
ANDRE VINCENT BECQUEREL (1893-1981) France
Arabian Horse sculpture c. 1930
Bronze with overall rich green/brown patina with intricate sculpting and details, black Belgian marble plinth base
Signed: A. Becquerel (inscribed in the bronze)
H: 12” x W: 21” x D: 6”
Price: $27,500
Andre Vincent Becquerel was born in St. Andre-Farivilliers. He studied at the l’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris under Hector Lemaire and Prosper Lecourtier. He specialized in fine animal sculpture and regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1914 to 1922. Becquerel worked for the Editeur Parisiens Edmond Etling in Paris and created a monumental sculpture in patinated plaster for the “Pavillon international” at the Exposition Internationale in Paris in 1937.
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