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Very few works remain by this talented artist, originally from the Lithuanian part of Russia. Only two portraits of him survive, and little biographical information is available. Even his name is uncertain, appearing under various spellings (Joutsaytis, Yucaitis, Yutsa\u00eftis…), as well as his first name, which alternates between Aron and Anton. It is known that he arrived in Paris in 1897 and, before 1911, settled in the Montparnasse district at\u00a0La Ruche<\/em>, a residence founded in 1902 by Alfred Boucher to provide lodgings for struggling artists. He lived in the poorest section, Passage Dantzig, a lane lined with small studios adjoining the main building.<\/p>\n In this legendary location, where the early avant-garde movements emerged, he mingled with artists such as Soutine, Chagall, Kr\u00e9m\u00e8gne, Lipsi, and Kiko\u00efne. He thus belonged to the first generation of artists who emigrated to Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, forming what would later come to be known as the\u00a0\u00c9cole de Paris<\/em>.<\/p>\n Regularly exhibited at major Parisian salons such as the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Salon d\u2019Automne and the Salon des Ind\u00e9pendants, his works quickly gained attention. By the early 1930s, Anton Joutsaytis was recognized as a talented artist, becoming an associate member of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1932 and later an honorary member of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Sculpteurs Animaliers.<\/p>\n He exhibited small statuettes, a few portraits, and above all, animal sculptures\u2014birds, fish, seals, tapirs, and even more unusual creatures such as insects (beetles, cockroaches, flies, ladybugs\u2026). His\u00a0Capybara<\/em>\u00a0is another rare and atypical subject.<\/p>\n Easily identifiable by its rectangular head, broad flat snout, narrow eyes, small upright oval ears, star-shaped feet with four front toes and three rear toes and its lack of a tail, the capybara is the world\u2019s largest rodent, at least one specimen of which was kept at the\u00a0Jardin des Plantes<\/em>\u00a0in Paris. Anton Joutsaytis, achieving a fully smooth finish, masterfully captures all the defining characteristics of the animal. His manner of rendering the folds in the skin of the semi-aquatic mammal in vertical ridges is identical to that seen in the two\u00a0Sea Lion<\/em>\u00a0sculptures signed by him, one in the colelction of the Kroller Museum in the Netherlands and the other in the Kaunas Museum in Lithuania.<\/p>\n Though he particularly favored colored marble, he worked with a variety of stones, usually of small dimensions. Therefore, this relatively large sculpture is an exception. However, at\u00a0La Ruche<\/em>, it was common for Alfred Boucher to provide costly materials to artists, particularly sculptors, to support their creative pursuits. It is entirely possible that Anton Joutsaytis acquired this magnificent Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche marble stone\u2014distinguished by its pinkish-beige hue and speckled appearance due to the presence of fossilized crinoids\u2014in this way.<\/p>\n This is probably one of the last works by Anton Joutsaytis, as he died just a few months after exhibiting it at the\u00a0Salon National des Beaux-Arts<\/em>\u00a0in 1941.<\/p>\n This unique piece remains a living testament to the immense talent of this sadly forgotten artist<\/p>\n We sincerely thank Mrs. Rachel Mazui for the invaluable information she provided.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Direct carving in Burgundy marble stone, probably from Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche Unique piece<\/p>\n Exhibition:<\/strong>\u00a0Salon National des Beaux-Arts, 1941, no. 3551 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9366,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[647,312],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9379","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-antoine-joutsaytis-en-2","7":"product_cat-chefs-doeuvre-vendu-en","8":"description-off","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9379"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9379"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Antoine JOUTSAYTIS\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n
\nH.15\u00bc x W. 18 x D. 7 in.
\nCirca 1940<\/p>\n
\nRelated works:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Kroller Museum, Netherlands, Sea Lion, marble, KM 119.053; The M.K. <\/em>\u010c<\/em>iurlionis National Museum of Art, Lithuania, Sea Lion, marble, inv. <\/em>MS-16<\/em>
\n<\/em>Bibliography:<\/strong>\u00a0Sylvie Buisson and Martine Fresia,\u00a0La Ruche, cit\u00e9 des artistes<\/em>, Paris, 2009, reproduced p. 84; Jessica Watson, Rachel Mazui, Bertrand Tillier, and Philippe Cinquini,\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Claudot: la couleur et le si\u00e8cle<\/em>, Paris, 2021.<\/p>\n
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