Sybille May 'Femme cubiste'

About this piece

A beautiful nude by the sculptress and ceramist Sybille May. She had a very unique and recognizable style of working in the Art Deco period.
This bronze was edited by Albert Buisson, a well-known art publisher and art dealer.

The bronze has a beautiful dark patina and is extensively signed with 'Sibylle May' on the side of the base and on the back 'Ets. Albert Buisson' and the number 167 on the bottom.

Biography:
Sybille May is an English sculptress who worked in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Sometimes in the literature it is also said that she was an American.

She worked in her own style which was strongly influenced by Cubism. She applied these cubist elements in her own decorative Art Deco style. She was a member of Arthur Goldscheider's art movement 'La Stele et l'Évolution' and her works were also exhibited at the 1925 World Exhibition Arts et Decoratifs, in Goldscheider's pavilion.

In addition to bronze sculptures, she also made ceramics and worked with friend and fellow member of la Stèle, the ceramist Édouard Cazaux (1889-1974). In addition to Goldscheider, she also had a contract with the publisher and art dealer Albert Buisson. Sybille May also collaborated with the sculptor Pierre le Faguays.

Her date of birth is unknown, Sybille May died in 1935 in Paris.

Literature:
- Anne Rivière; 'Dictionnaire des sculptrices', Édition Mare & Martin, 2017, p. 357-358.
- Alistair Duncan; 'Art Deco Sculpture', Thames & Hudson, London 2016, p.169, 177, 369 en 387.
- Alberto Shayo; 'Statuettes Art Deco period', Antique Collector's Club Art Books, 2016, p.178.
- Victor Arwas;' 'Art Deco Sculpture', Academy Editions, 1992, p. 241.

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