Lot Essay
The model was originally made in three different sizes, small, medium and one life size in plaster for the Exposition Coloniale, Paris, 1931.
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HIPPOPOTAME, DESIGNED 1918, LATER CAST
Details
FRANÇOIS POMPON (1855-1933)
HIPPOPOTAME, DESIGNED 1918, LATER CAST
cast by Valsuani, number one from the edition of twelve, patinated bronze
5 5/8 in. (14.3 m.) high; 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) wide
signed POMPON 1/12 and foundry seal C.VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE
HIPPOPOTAME, DESIGNED 1918, LATER CAST
cast by Valsuani, number one from the edition of twelve, patinated bronze
5 5/8 in. (14.3 m.) high; 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) wide
signed POMPON 1/12 and foundry seal C.VALSUANI CIRE PERDUE
Literature
C. Chevillot, Liliane Colas & Anne Pingeot, François Pompon, Paris, pp. 205-6, no. 104 (example illustrated)
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