Artist:  Juan CLARA AYATS (Spanish / American, 1875 - 1958) 

Title:   Girl Standing on Stool Holding Her Shoe c. 1915 - 1920

Medium:  Original Medal-Patina Bronze depicting a little girl in a dress and cap, with one shoe in hand, saint-medal around her neck

Signature: Signed on the side of the stool, as shown

Provenance:  Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

About the Artist:   Juan CLARA AYATS was active/lived in Spain, United States.  Juan Clara Ayats is known for Bronze and onyx child figure sculpture.  He moved to the South of France in 1950 and resided in Grasse, where he spent most of the rest of his life.  Cambier became a favorite portrait artist of several celebrities and painted such dignitaries as Princess Grace of Monaco, Winston Churchill, Ingrid Bergman and Edward G Robinson.  His paintings were acquired by the French government.