JAN & JOËL MARTEL (1896-1966)

JAN &| JOËL MARTEL (1896-1966)
Suite of four metal plaques and medals.
Comprising :
- a 'Centenaire de l'aluminium Paris 1954' commemorative medal in aluminum, featuring Jean Prouvé's aluminum pavilion in Paris on one side, as well as the Eiffel Tower and the Palais de Chaillot. Signed 'J. Martel' on both sides. In its case.
- L'Électricité' medal in aluminum.
Signed 'J. Martel'.
- a commemorative plaque 'Docteur
Georges Dequidt' in bronze with silver patina. Signed 'J. J. Martel', issued in 1933 in tribute to the hygienist Georges Dequidt.
- a 'Trophée Européen' plaque in aluminum. Signed 'Jan Martel', issued by Rottach-Egern in 1977.
D. 6 cm - 2 3/8 in.
D. 6,7 cm - 2 5/8 in.
H. 6.5 - L. 4.9 cm - H. 2 1/2 - W. 1 7/8 in.
H. 8 - L. 5,9 cm - H. 3 1/8 - W. 2 3/8 in.
A set of four metal plates and medals.
Signed.


PROVENANCE Private collection, Lille


BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Emmanuel Bréon and Adèle Taillefait, "Jan and Joël
Joël Martel, art deco sculptors, and Rob Mallet-Stevens, architect.
Stevens, architecte", Gourcuff Gradenigo,Montreuil, 2024, medal 'L'Électricité' reproduced on p. 46.
- Revue "Le Concours médical", 1933, similar model of Dr. Dequidt's plaque mentioned and reproduced in an article by J. Noer, p. 791.