Georges HALBOUT DU TANNEY (1895-1986) - Lot 62

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Georges HALBOUT DU TANNEY (1895-1986) - Lot 62
Georges HALBOUT DU TANNEY (1895-1986) Head of an African, 1930 Bronze with brown patina. Signed, dated and located GEORGES HALBOUT 1930 Villa Abd-el-tif. Cast by Attillio Valsuani, stamped A.Valsuani Cire Perdue and numbered 0/1. It rests on its original base in black marble from Belgium. H. 36 cm, base H. 18 cm This Head of African was executed by the famous ethnographer sculptor, Georges Halbout during his stay at the villa Abd-el-Tif in Algiers in 1930. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and trained with Jean Boucher before sharing his studio with the sculptor Paul Belmondo in the Cité Corot. He won the Abd-el-Tif prize in 1928. This prize, awarded by the French Orientalist painters' society, allowed young artists to spend a year or two at the State's expense in the Algiers boarding school, similar to the Villa Medicis or the Villa Velazquez. On his return to France, he also won numerous prizes, including the gold medal at the Salon des Artistes français in 1938.
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