Robert Couturier

Obviously, this result is not enough to determine the rating of the artist Robert Couturier :

Robert Couturier also carved iron sculptures, such as this "couple, tribute to Rodin" (38cm) sold for 2300 euros. Some results for 2014: "la danse", bronze (35cm) sold for 3500 euors, "le faune", very beautiful sculpture rare on the market sold for 16000 euros, "maternité", brozne (27cm) sold for 4500 euros.
This artist was supported by Dina Vierny who remains today a major artist on the French art market.
The sculptor, pupil then friend of Aristide Maillol, had evolved from the full and round forms he liked in his youth to aerial lines playing with emptiness and light. The sculptor Robert Couturier died on Wednesday, October 1st in Paris, in his studio at the Villa Seurat, at the age of 103. Born on May 2, 1905 in Angoulême, he was the "last representative of a generation of artists (Germaine Richier, Alberto Giacometti, Maurice Estève, Jean Bazaine) who embodied post-war French creation", according to his biographer Valérie Da Costa. Robert Couturier had learned lithography at the Ecole Estienne in Paris, before making his first sculptures in the early 1920s.

LOT n°111

Robert Couturier

Robert COUTURIER (1905-2008) - NU D'AUTOMNE (1987) - Bronze à patine noir richement nuancé Épreuve d’édition originale, signée et numérotée "3/6", cachet et marque de "Susse Fondeur Paris". Fondu circa…

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LOT n°112

Robert Couturier

Robert COUTURIER (1905-2008) - PLEUREUSE (1986) - Bronze à patine brun-noir richement soutenu Epreuve ancienne signée "Couturier", numerotée "2/6",fondue par "Susse fondeur Paris" Circa: 1990 - Note :…

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