#75 • French carved marble Modernist abstract sculpture, signed Dosne

Part of Rice Collection PART II and FINAL (timed auction by Beck Estates)

High bid $559.00

Status: Sold

Category: Sculpture

French carved marble Modernist abstract sculpture. On painted wood stand. Signed Dosne; 22.5"H x 20"W x 56"H on stand. Owner states work was done by a French artist and purchased at Governors Antiques. Francis Dosne (pronounced Doane) was born in Troyes, France. He started oil painting at an early age, and eventually moved to stone carving, intaglio, and silk-screen printing. After graduating from University as a Chemical Engineer, he studied with the well known artist, Fernand Leger, in Paris, and then moved to Petropolis, Brazil, After fifteen years, he returned to New York where he worked at the Sculpture Center School and Studios, as well as serving on its Board of Directors. While busy as Vice President of Nestlé, he found time to join the Stone Carving Studio of René Levaggio.Once retired, he carved local marble at the Dellatolas Marble Studio in Tinos, Greece, as well as at The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in Proctor, New York.Francis Dosne's artwork has been exhibited in various galleries in New York and other cities in the USA, as well as in Brazil