Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Liliane Colas.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT FRENCH COLLECTOR
FRANÇOIS POMPON (1855-1933)
Poule d'eau
Details
FRANÇOIS POMPON (1855-1933)
Poule d'eau
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'POMPON 18 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the base near the rear foot)
bronze with slate-gray patina
10 ¼ x 11 ½ x 4 ½ in. (26 x 29 x 11.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1923, cast by 1926
Poule d'eau
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'POMPON 18 C. VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE' (on the base near the rear foot)
bronze with slate-gray patina
10 ¼ x 11 ½ x 4 ½ in. (26 x 29 x 11.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1923, cast by 1926
Provenance
Galerie St Louis, Grenoble.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1926.
Thence by descent; sale: Sotheby's, Paris, 4 June 2009, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1926.
Thence by descent; sale: Sotheby's, Paris, 4 June 2009, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. Brielle, François Pompon, Paris, n.d., pl. ‘POULE D’EAU' (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain, L. de Margerie, Musee d’Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures, Paris, 1986, p. 221, no. RF 3278 (another cast illustrated).
C. Chevillot, L. Colas, A. Pingeot, François Pompon, 1855-1933, Paris, 1994, p. 222, no. 154C.
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain, L. de Margerie, Musee d’Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures, Paris, 1986, p. 221, no. RF 3278 (another cast illustrated).
C. Chevillot, L. Colas, A. Pingeot, François Pompon, 1855-1933, Paris, 1994, p. 222, no. 154C.
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