A glazed terracotta sculpture

AFTER THE MODEL BY WILLY WUILLEUMIER, MANUFACTURED BY FAU AND GUILLARD, CIRCA 1925

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A glazed terracotta sculpture
After the model by Willy Wuilleumier, manufactured by Fau and Guillard, circa 1925
Modelled with highly formalised features as a naked horseman slaying a mythical beast, set in wooden base
15 7/8in. (40.4cm.) high
Painted mark Wuilleumier

Lot Essay

The Swiss born artist Wuilleumier exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Tuileries.
A sculpture to the same design is illustrated in an advertisement for Fau and Guillard, reproduced: Mobilier et Decoration d'Interieur, No. IX, August, 1925.

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