Art Deco clock; France, ca. 1928.Marble and bronze.Signed "L. Carvin".Measurements: 50 x 75 x 26 cm.French clock in Art Deco style and sculptural conception, with two large dogs magnificently modeled, with great naturalism and special attention to the different qualities of the fur, made in bronze with dark patina. They are placed on a typically Art Deco base, which combines different colored marbles and contrasting veins, with a geometric and staggered structure. The pillar on the left side houses the octagonal clock case with a molded profile, Arabic numerals in black on a gold background and wide, flat hands with a cut-out profile.The Art Deco style was inspired, unlike Art Nouveau, in the avant-garde of its time, especially in constructivism, cubism and futurism, as well as the rationalism of the Bauhaus. The progressive archaeological discoveries in Ancient Egypt also left their mark on certain hard lines and on the solidity of Art Deco forms. Likewise, as a machine-age style, it used the innovations of the times for its forms: the aerodynamic lines of modern aviation, electric lighting, marine cladding, skyscrapers, etc. These influences are reflected in designs of fractioned, symmetrical and clearly geometrical forms. Thus, Art Deco forms are idealized, balanced and proportioned, but at the same time synthetic and essential, far from the meticulous description of the reality of the late nineteenth century. Art Deco reached its apogee in the 1920s, although it enjoyed a long life due to its diffusion by Hollywood cinema, which allowed it to remain in vogue until the austerities imposed by the Second World War.