José SUBIRA PUIG (1926-2015). "Emissary of the Star". Oak sculpture signed on the back. Height Height : 70 cm Provenance : Private collection. Note: Spanish-born José Subira Puig trained at the Beaux-arts and with various sculptors. He moved to Paris in the 1950s, where he made friends with Christian and Yvonne Zervos, René Char and Ossip Zadkine, and exhibited regularly at Galerie Ariel. In the 1960s, wood became his material of choice, following the use of barrel staves destined for destruction, evoking "a love affair between Wood and (me) him". In the 1970s, his monumental works earned him worldwide renown among his peers and the public. In 1984, Jack Lang, then Minister of Culture, made him a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.