Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire" Emmanuel Villanis 1900 Mid-Century Modern and began making annual summer

and began making annual summer visits where he became a friend of Mark Tobey—printing linocuts for the artist and collecting his work

including a pair of crowned heads supporting the top

Blue six-character signage to the base enclosed in a pair of concentric circles

Fleischman (1925-1997)

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire" Emmanuel Villanis 1900 Mid-Century Modern and began making annual summerA fine antique large French Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Sculpture, titled "Prise de Corsaire" by Emmanuel Villanis (1858 1914), circa 1900. This very fine half life size bronze depicts a beautiful maiden chained and standing on a rocky outcrop, the bronze titled, "Prise de Corsaire" (The Pirate's Prize) and signed "Villanis" to the lower right side. The bronze having the foundry stamp to the rear, "Socit des Bronzes," and stamped "AP 2250." The bronze