FR EN
1 / 7
pair of bronze elephant bookends on wooden basespair of elephant bookends on wooden bases on a white backgroundpair of bronze bookends depicting an elephant and an antelopepair of elephant bookends on wooden bases on a white backgroundtwo statues of elephants that are standing next to each otherpair of elephant bookends on wooden bases on a white backgroundtwo bookends with a bird on each of them on a white surface
Featured lot selected by the auctions House.
Premium Stanley’s Auction

115 - Ary Jean Léon BITTER (1883–1973)
See original version (French)

Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Sale commission
Description
Ary Jean Léon BITTER (1883–1973) A pair of elephant bookends, in bronze with a nuanced brown-green patina, on oak plinths; one with its trunk raised, the other with its trunk lowered. Signed ‘Ary Bitter Sclp’ and marked ‘Susse Frères Edrs Paris’ on a cartouche on one of the bases, c. 1935. H 28 × W 15 cm and H 17 × W 21 cm Note: Born in 1883 in Marseille, Ary Jean Léon Bitter was admitted to the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1906. In 1910, he exhibited for the first time at the Salon National des Artistes Français and received an honourable mention for ‘The Child with the Kid’ He subsequently exhibited regularly at this Salon until 1939 and was awarded a bronze medal in 1913, a silver medal in 1921 and a gold medal in 1934. Throughout his career, he received numerous public commissions, notably a fountain in Nantes in 1913 and a sculpture group entitled “Lion and Child” to adorn the monumental staircase at Saint Charles railway station in Marseille.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale DE SPILLIAERT AND DE SMET IN GABON, VIA CHINA Khnopff, Mortier, Picasso • Old Master paintings • Chinese bronzes and porcelain • Kota reliquary • Jewellery • Antique weapons
Auction location
Auction time 10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits:
Hugo Sanchez
See original version (French)
You may also like