CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JOSEPH MALET (1873-1946), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Best known for his monuments to the fallen of World War I, Joseph Malet regularly exhibited at the Salons of the early 20th century. His most famous work is a memorial to the victims of the Great War of Marcillac-Vallon, which was inaugurated on 19 April 1925 and for which the bronze was shown at the Salons of 1923 and 1924. The present bronze represents a cockerel astride a German helmet, symbolizing the French victory over German troops, and is a reduction of a model atop a memorial to the fallen of Lapanouse, inaugurated on 11 November 1922.