Listings / Furniture / Lighting / Table Lamps
Showrooms
"Mushroom" table lamp by Jacques Duval-Brasseur, Paris, France, circa 1970
-
Description
A rare table lamp, the base is made of solid bronze and conceals three lights.
The mushroom caps are coral mushrooms (Fungiidae).
It’s not signed but attributed to Jacques Duval-Brasseur.
Biography
Jacques Duval-Brasseur (1934 – 2021)
Jacques Duval-Brasseur was born in Tours in 1934. He lived there until 1939. He left France for Algeria, in Algiers, where he spent his childhood, then the war, before returning to France in the Cotentin region.
At 17, he broke away from his family and moved to Cherbourg, where he enrolled at the Beaux-Arts school. The courses he took there, while working various jobs to support himself, confirmed his artistic vocation, which he had felt since childhood. However, it took him ten years before a company entrusted him with a decoration department that opened his path. He took the opportunity to begin creating objects, sculpting using whatever materials he could find from wreckers or scrap metal dealers. He created his first abstract sculptures from car sheet metal, insects with moped fuel tanks. He worked instinctively, seeking to master materials.
In 1969, thanks to Jean Dive, who had noticed and appreciated his creations, he presented four large abstract sculptures for the first time at the Maison et Jardin Gallery. This marked the beginning of his success. The Shah of Iran acquired one of the most beautiful sculptures, and actor David Niven, also captivated, purchased one. Other famous collectors would follow.
Jacques Duval-Brasseur died in Pau in the Pyrénées Atlantiques in 2021. - More Information
- Dimensions
Message from Seller:
Catherine Canavese is an expert from the "Compagnie Nationale des Experts." She is an astute antique dealer and offers to connoisseurs, dealers and private customers a curated selection of objects, furniture, sculptures, lamps and decorative elements of the XIXth up to the XXIth century, all original and of the best quality. The gallery has been in operation since 2001.
Sold
More Listings from Galerie Canavèse View all 414 listings
-
Two "T 1927" end tables by P.Chareau, Ed. Ecart International, France circa 2000
-
Night valet in tan leather with saddle-stitching, by J. Adnet, France circa 1960
-
Wall panel in zinc, by Gruppo NP2 and Nerone Ceccarelli, Torino Italy circa 1973
-
Set of four “Rocher” lamps André Cazenave, Atelier A, France, circa 1960/1970
-
Pair of “leaves” sconces Murano, Italy, circa 1980
-
Night valet in turned brass and black leather by J. Adnet, France circa 1950
-
Pair of ceramic lamps by Jean-Jacques Roger Maison Jean Roger, France circa 1960
-
Ceramic lamp with double draped shade by F. Ré, H. Ugo, Vallauris, circa 1955
-
Three-arm floor lamp, Éditions Maison Lunel, Paris, France, circa 1950
-
Rare pair of sconces “aux Chinois”, Paris, France, circa 1880
-
Pair of "drops" sconces, Lumica, Barcelona, Spain, circa 1970
-
Coffee table including four nesting side tables, Paris, France, circa 1970
-
Coffee table in gilded iron, Edition Maison Ramsay, Paris, France, circa 1960
-
Pair of armchairs "743" model by J.A. Motte, Ed. Steiner, France circa 1957
