Lot 145: ‘LEDA AND THE SWAN’ A LARGE ART DECO PATINATED BRONZE STUDY BY PAUL SILVEST

‘LEDA AND THE SWAN’ A LARGE ART DECO PATINATED BRONZE STUDY BY PAUL SILVESTRE SIGNED IN CAST ‘SILVESTRE’; CIRCA 1925 also marked ‘Susse Fres Ed Paris’; cast as the naked reclining figure of Leda, the swan partly embracing her body, in a deep black patination, raised off a rectangular base 78cm long