Le Petit Prince

Details

René Paris (1881-1970)
Le Petit Prince
on naturalistic base signed 'R. Paris'
bronze, rich mid-brown patina; on a verde antico marble plinth
l2¼ in. (31 cm.) high; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Le Petit Prince won the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly in 1954.
René Paris studied under Georges Gardet (1863-1939) and specialised, like his master, in animalier sculpture. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1906, where he received an honourable mention the following year and a gold medal in 1920.

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