#1119

EDOUARD MARCEL SANDOZ (1881-1971), Circa 1924

‘Condor’, the majestic bird of prey with abstracted features perched on a rectangular base, carved from a single piece of polished black Belgian marble, the base with textured surface.

Signed Ed. M. SANDOZ

Measurements

• 16 ½ in (42 cm)
• Length: 25 in (63.5 cm)
• Depth: 8 ¼ in (21 cm)

Literature

Georges Denoinville, “Edouard Sandoz, sculpteur,” Mobilier et Décoration, April 1927, p. 121.
Victor Arwas, Art Deco, London:  Harry Abrams, 1980, p. 170, (example in bronze illustrated).
Paul Maenz, Art Deco 1920-1940, Cologne:  Dumont Buchverlag, 1980, fig. 74, (example in bronze illustrated).
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco, New York:  Thames and Hudson, 1988, p. 131.
Alastair Duncan, ed., The Encyclopedia of Art Deco, New York, 1988, p. 156.
Bevis Hillier, The World of Art Deco, New York:  E.P. Dutton, 1971, catalogue for the exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, July-September 1971, cat. no. 324, (this sculpture listed).

Exhibited

Les Animaliers, Galerie Edgar Brandt, Paris, 1927
American Birds, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, October-December 1945
Art Deco, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, 1971, cat. no. 28
Art Deco, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, July-September 1971, cat. no. 324
Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1972-1978

Provenance

Edgar Brandt, Paris, 1929
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1929-1972
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, May 2-5, 1972, lot 130
Private Collection, 1972-1978
Christie's, New York, May 27, 1979
Private Collection