François POMPON Le pigeon Nicolas - 1929 Black... Lot 47

François POMPON Le pigeon Nicolas - 1929 Black patina bronze h:29.5 CM, d:16.0 CM, d:25.0 CM Signed on the terrace "POMPON", founder's mark on the terrace "CIRE / C.VALSUANI / PERDUE". Published post mortem by René Demeurisse, executor of François Pompon's will, before 1960 Provenance : Valsuani Foundry Acquired from the latter by the current owner Exhibitions : Vascoeuil, Chateau de Vascoeuil, Bronzes du XXème siècle, Fonte Valsuani, May-October 1977, Bibliography : C.Chevillot, L.Colas, A. Pingeot, François Pompon 1855-1933, Gallimard/Electa, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1994, N°142B, reproduced in black and white on p.219 (another copy).