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Green patina bronze sculpture representing a half-naked woman dancing, signed La Monaca *, seal of founder A. Valsuani **, vintage twentieth century.
This sculpture is in good condition. Signature and stamp on the terrace.
A note: slight wear of time, see photos.
he exhibited in Rome, London, Paris, mainly busts of contemporaries and some figures of real or allegorical personages. At the Salon, he sends Dancer and Whistler (bronze, 1908), Napoleon I equestrian (bronze 1912) ... Some of his works were published by Valsuani especially Naked Dancer and Man in a tuxedo . (See Bronzes of the 19th century by P. Kjellberg)
Well-known artist on Artprice.
today renamed Airaindor Valsuani or Fonderie de Chevreuse, is a bronze foundry of French art, located in Chevreuse. The Valsuani Foundry was created in Châtillon in 1899 by Claude Valsuani. After the death of its founder in 1923, his son, Marcel Valsuani, succeeded him and he entrusted the direction to his foreman Antoine Tamburro, from 1936 to 1976. This foundry has always been renowned for the quality of its wax castings lost. She worked for the greatest artists, including Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, Pablo Picasso, François Pompon, Dora Gordine, Charles Despiau, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas and Arno Breker.
