Details
FRANÇOIS POMPON (1855-1933)
Pintade
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Pompon (C.7) A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the base)
bronze with brown-black patina
7 ¾ x 8 ¾ x 4 in. (19.7 x 22.3 x 10.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1910-1912, cast in 1927
Provenance
Galerie A.A. Hébrard, Paris.
Private Collection, Paris, acquired from the above in August 1927.
Comtesse Claudia de Maistre, Paris.
Alex and Elisabeth Lewyt, acquired from the above on April 23, 1967; sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 8 May 2013, lot 194.
Galateau Pastaud, Limoges, 29 September 2013.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. de Courrières, François Pompon, Paris, 1926, p. 29 (plaster cast illustrated).
R. Rey, François Pompon, Paris, 1928, p. 13 (plaster cast illustrated).
C. Chevillot, L. Colas, A. Pingot, François Pompon, 1855-1933, Paris, 1994, p. 221, no. 153A (another cast illustrated).