Lot n° 143
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60000 - 70000
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François Pompon (1855-1933) - Lot 143
François Pompon (1855-1933)
Sleeping rooster
Model created before 1914; published by Hébrard between 1918 and 1932; our example executed on June 24, 1925
Bronze with brown patina
Signed "POMPON" on the terrace
Bears the founder's stamp "CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD" and numbered "(9)".
H. 21 x L. 31 cm
A total of 46 executed between 1918 and 1932, numbered 1 to 10, then A1 to A10, up to D6.
In 1914, François Pompon, who was not mobilized for the war, left for Cuy, where he exhibited a plaster rooster under number 4271, as well as a hen, a goose and a guinea fowl, at the Salon des artistes français. At the time, he was domiciled with Hébrard.
Related literature:
Catherine Chevillot, Liliane Colas, François Pompon 1855-1933, Paris, Gallimard/Electa, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1994, model no. 52, p. 194.
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