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A World Record for Pompon

Result EUR793,600
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 02 April 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

In his fables, the 17th-century French poet Jean de La Fontaine never imagined a meeting between the King of the Forest and the Paschal lamb... The miracle of the auction room did!

François Pompon (1855-1933), Large Stag No. 1, bronze with black patina and brown... A World Record for Pompon

François Pompon (1855-1933), Large Stag No. 1, bronze with black patina and brown highlights, cast by Andro, 1930, 60 x 40.2 x 19.5 cm/23.6 x 15.8 x 7.7 in.
Result : €793,600

The Lord of Forrest is this magnificent, gleaming Large Stag No. 1 in the form of a 1930 cast by Andro—a guarantee of quality—with an impeccably smooth, brown-highlighted black patina. A splendid beast standing proud at 60 cm/23.6 in this is one of the last great…
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Paintings, sculptures, furniture and art objects
Friday 02 April 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live
Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
L'Huillier & Associés
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Pompon, King of the Forest
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Pompon, King of the Forest

This bronze by François Pompon is from a 1930 group of ten copies. It belongs to his last great sculptures of quadrupeds.
A Renaissance Lamb with Biblical Overtones
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A Renaissance Lamb with Biblical Overtones

An Italian Renaissance artist sculpted this pure, innocent, naturalistic lamb, which may be a unique piece with powerful religious symbolism.
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