Lot 118
118
'GRAND CERF', A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STAG

Details
'GRAND CERF', A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STAG
CAST FROM A MODEL BY FRANÇOIS POMPON, FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
inscribed 'POMPON', and stamped '5/12' and with the Valsuani foundry seal--22¼in. (56.5cm.) high, rich greenish black patina
Literature
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain & L. de Margerie, Musée d'Orsay: Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculpteurs, Paris, 1986, p. 224, RF 3850
C. Chevillot, L. Colas, A. Pingeot & L. de Margerie, François Pompon, Paris, 1994, p. 185

Lot Essay

Conceived in 1928-1929 as a lifesize figure of a stag, the present reduction was cast posthumously by Valsuani in an edition limited to 12 examples. Cf. C. Chevillot, L. Colas, A. Pingeot & L. de Margerie, François Pompon, Paris, 1994, pp. 85, 89, 94-97, 158, 184-185, ill. 56, 68, 79-80, 82-83, pl. 53, cat. no. 19 for further information on the model.