Léon Jallot
Clock, 1922
Sculpted, blue-painted and gilded wood
h. 27 cm - w. 22 cm - d. 13 cm
MARKS : Signed 'L. Jallot' underneath the base
PROVENANCE : Purchased on 15th October 1922 by Mr. Albert Bonabeau, living at 2, Boulevard Delessert, 75016 Paris, as a present for his daughter Simone - By descent to Simone and her husband Maurice Bouvier-Ajam, 1935 - By descent to their grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Levesque, Burgundy, until 2016.
EXHIBITION : Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris, 1925 (for an identical example).
LITERATURE : Henri Rapin, La Sculpture décorative à l'exposition des arts décoratifs de 1925, plate 16.
COLLECTION : French private collection