"Corpus Christi". Cast bronze with brown patina, affixed to a simple wooden cross, the bronze measuring approx. 8-1/2"H and overall with the cross 11" x 9-3/4". There are apparently several versions of this in different sizes and finishes done by Lambert-Rucki. This one is signed on the side.
Lambert-Rucki was born in Cracow, Poland in 1888. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Cracow before he moved to Paris in 1911. He served in World War One, after the war he settled in the Montparnasse district. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1932. In Paris he associated with the famous artist and his friend, also born in Cracow, Poland Moise Kisling, along with Modigliani, Soutine, and the other artists of Montparnasse. Lambert-Rucki exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1919, he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Independants beginning in 1920, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Tuileries from 1933. He also showed with the Cubists at the Section d'Or group from 1922 to1924. He exhibited, from 1924, at the gallery of Lonce Rosenberg, Galerie l'Effort Moderne. Lambert-Rucki was represented in the Pavillon de la Union des Artistes Moderne at the Exposition Universalle in Paris in 1937, He executed many wall sculptures and masks. He also exhibited jewelry designs that were produced by master jeweler Jean Fouquet, and shown in the Pavillon de la Lumiere.
200/400 Sold $793.50
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