Jean & Jacques ADNET (1900 - 1995 ; 1900 - 1984) Pigeon Two model proofs in creamy white glazed ceramic with cracks (a small restoration to the tail of one). Signed Adnet on the front underglaze. H. 20 cm - W. 28 cm - D. 9 cm AM Historical background: The Adnet brothers' pigeon models were first exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925 in the Madame's room of the Pavillon de La Maîtrise. Bibliography: -Henri Clouzot, "La céramique à l'exposition", La Renaissance de l'Art Français, n°12, 1925, similar model reproduced on p. 565. -Alain-René Hardy & Gaëlle Millet, Jacques Adnet, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2009, similar model reproduced on p. 33.