PRYAS, Nude woman lying down, her head resting in her hands (around 1940)

PRYAS (Bordeaux 1891 - Paris 1985) Nude woman lying down, her head resting in her hands. Circa 1940. Plaster. 20 X 34 X 15.5 cm. Signed: PRYAS A few minor accidents. PRYAS is the artist name of Jean Paris, a sculptor born in Bordeaux. He was part of the leading group of French sculptors who contributed the gilded nudes for the forecourt of the Trocadéro, commissioned in 1937 for the World Exposition. After the Second World War, PRYAS remained active with numerous exhibitions in galleries on the Left Bank, using a style more abstract than before.