LOT DETAILS

Materials:

marble

Measurements:

18.11 in. (46.00 cm.) (height)

Markings:

Inscribed with the signature POMPON on the left posterior foot

Literature:

Emmanuel Bréon & Rosalind Pepall, eds., Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, Paris, 2004, illustration of another example pp. 19, 46, 93 and 300; Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood, Art Deco 1910-1939, London, 2003, illustration of another example p. 149; Rétrospective François Pompon, 1855-1933, Paris, 1999, illustration of another example p. 1, 3, 5, 7 and figs. 84-87; Catherine Chevillot, François Pompon: 1855-1933, Paris, 1994, illustration of another example p. 33, 54, 57, 60, 73, 81, 188; pls. 1, 3, 44, 52; pp. 211-212; Alastair Duncan, Encyclopedia of Art Deco, New York, 1988, illustration of another example p. 143; Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Master of Art Deco, London, 1984, illustration of another example pp. 92 and 247; Victor Arwas, Art Deco, New York, 1980, illustration of another example p. 170; François Pompon, sculpteur animalier bourguignon, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, 1964, illustration of another example p. 14 and pl. 1; Edouard De Courières, François Pompon: Vingt-sept reproductions de sculptures, Paris, 1926, illustration of another example p. 49; Gaston Quénioux, Les Arts Décoratifs Modernes, Paris, 1925, illustration of another example p. 462; Maurice Dufrène, Ensembles Mobiliers: Exposition Internationale 1925, 1re Série, Paris, 1925, illustration of another example pl. 26; Raymond Escholier, "Au Salon D'Automne: La Peinture et la Sculpture," Art et Décoration, December 1922, illustration of another example p. 21

Provenance:

Acquired from the above on July 20, 1967; Comtesse Claudia de Maistre, Paris