Lot 122
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'CHOUETTE', A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OWL

Details
'CHOUETTE', A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OWL
CAST FROM A MODEL BY FRANÇOIS POMPON, FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
inscribed 'POMPON', and stamped with the Valsuani foundry seal--7¾in. (19.5cm.) high, black patina

Lot Essay

Conceived in 1923 in wood, the present bronze is probably from the Valsuani edition of 1927. Cf. C. Chevillot, L. Colas, A. Pingeot & L. de Margerie, François Pompon, Paris, 1994, pp. 37, 187-188, ill. 36, cat. no. 34B for further information on the model.