Marcel DAMBOISE (1903-1992) - Lot 120

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Marcel DAMBOISE (1903-1992) - Lot 120
Marcel DAMBOISE (1903-1992) La Christiane, 1955-1960 Patinated workshop plaster, traces of shellac. Unsigned. 90 x 41 x 20 cm Inv. MD. S-0022G-00a PROVENANCE : - Artist's studio; - By descent. Regular model from Damboise, practicing yoga, Christiane has been posing for the sculptor since 1958. She also poses for the sculptor Raymond Martin (1910-1992). The sculpture entitled La Christiane exists in two sizes tailles : 40 and 90 cm high. After a brief stay at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, Marcel Damboise apprenticed as a stonemason and moved to Paris, to La Ruche, in 1926, with his friend the sculptor Louis Dideron. In 1928, he married Yvette Dorignac, daughter of the painter Georges Dorignac. He rubbed shoulders with the painter's entourage, exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and met Paul Cornet, Charles Despiau, Aristide Maillol and Charles Malfray who became his spiritual masters. During his stay at the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria, between 1932 and 1935, he executed numerous commissions, including the Monument du Fondouk, which were noticed by Albert Camus with whom he became friends. During the war, in France, he made a large female figure for the city of Bordeaux and a high relief of Saint Marcel for the church of Vitry-sur-Seine. He stayed again in Algeria from 1948 to 1954 and, on his return to Paris, was appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts and became a founding member of the Groupe des Neuf.
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