A fine french XX Century Art Deco bronze and ivory figure of an old couple signed by Andre Vincent Becquerel.
Andre-Vincent Becquerel (French, 1893 ~ 1981) Born at St. Andre-Farivilliers, he studied under Hector Lemaire and Prosper Lecourtier. He specialised in animal sculpture, ing a marked preference for predator, feline and ornithological subjects, which he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1914 to 1922 and he became a lifetime member.