Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 9th January 2019
Lot 452
‡Pierre Le Faguays (French 1892-1962). An Art Deco bronze figure 'Olympian'
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1800
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Description
‡Pierre Le Faguays (French 1892-1962). An Art Deco bronze figure 'Olympian', with an athletic young man standing on a rocky plinth holding a victor's laurel wreath aloft, signed 'P LE Faguays' and applied with a metal plaque inscribed 'EXPOSITION PHILATELIQUE NATIONALE GRENOBLE 1934', 108cm high.
Provenance: The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.
By repute this bronze featured in the feature film '39 Steps' by Alfred Hitchcock and belonged to a man in Elstree.