François Pompon
Pigeonne au nid, 1928
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December 8, 02:10 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
François Pompon
1855 - 1933
Pigeonne au nid, 1928
Brown patinated bronze
Signed Pompon on the right of the bird; stamped with the foundry mark CIRE PERDUE C. VALSUANI on the inside of the nest
30 x 22 x 19 cm
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by Liliane Colas.
Private collection, Switzerland, 1960
Private collection, Geneva (acquired from the above by the present owner)
Catherine Chevillot, Liliane Colas & Anne Pingeot, François Pompon (1855-1933), Gallimard – Electa, Reunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1994, no. 150C, p.41, ill.
Conceived and cast in 1928, this exceptional and exceedingly rare bronze is only known by one other example held at the Musée Pompon in Saulieu. This late work is considered a masterpiece of Pompon's art, revealing a perfection rarely equaled while giving the impression of an astonishing simplicity and purity of lines as highlighted by Liliane Colas in her report.
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