Édouard Marcel Sandoz
Corbeau
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Édouard Marcel Sandoz
1881 - 1971
Corbeau
1912
Patinated bronze
Signed Ed. Sandoz, inscribed Susse Fres. Edts. Paris and with the foundry's mark on the terrace
24,5 x 42 x 16 cm ; 9 ⅝ x 16 ½ x 6 ¼ in.
Hélène Rochas collection, Paris
Thence by descent
Pascal Fortuny, "VIIe Salon des artistes décorateurs", L'Art Décoratif, n°171, May 1912, p. 1, for the model in marble
Charlotte Aillaud, "Architectural Digest visits: Hélène Rochas", Architectural Digest, April 1984, our work reproduced p. 131
Félix Marcilhac, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, sculpteur, figuriste et animalier 1881-1971, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1993, our work reproduced p. 108, the model referenced under n° 947, p. 419
100 sculptures animalières, Bugatti, Pompon, Giacometti, exhibition catalogue, Musée des années trente, Paris, 13 April - 28 October 2012, p. 28 and 116-117, for the model
A similar model was exhibited on the stand of Édouard Marcel Sandoz at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris, in 1923 and acquired by the French state. It is currently kept in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou and on deposit at the Musée des Années Trente in Boulogne-Billancourt (inv. AM 668 S.).