Art Deco style bookends seated nudes Insouciance Janle for Max Le Verrier.

Art Deco style bookends kneeling nudes Extase signed Fayral, pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays. With the Max Le Verrier foundry seal. Design 1930. Post...

Art Deco bookends reading nudes Delassement by Max Le Verrier. Patinated Art Metal on a Portor marble base. Original, France ca. 1930. With COA. These bookends are illustrated in: M...

“Meditation” Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Fayral”, which is one of the pseudonyms from “Pierre Le Faguays” (1892-1962), signed. Original “Max Le Verrier” Art De...

Unique on 1stdibs and possibly worldwide. It was in the early 20th century that meditation became known in Western society. Like many artists, the one who handcrafted the sculptures that were used to create these bookends probably traveled through Indonesia or India. These creative minds came back full of inspiration of all they had witnessed, because certainly back then, they entered a whole new world. The meditating males on these marble based bookends are made of silvered brass and the artist perfectly captured their serene faces, their turban head wear and their relaxed bodies. Sitting with their minds at rest and with their consciousness in the entire body or possibly focussed on breathing only, they would certainly arouse interest with western travelers...