FRANÇOIS POMPON (Saulieu, 1855 - Paris, 1933). "Bust... Lot 3

FRANÇOIS POMPON (Saulieu, 1855 - Paris, 1933). "Bust of André Leproust, 1904. Plaster. Signed. Exhibitions: "European sculpture of the 20th century", European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, 2014. Measurements: 57 cm (height). When he moved to Paris, this sculptor joined Rodin's workshop as his assistant in 1890. as his assistant in 1890. In any case, he already had some experience, as he had already made his debut at the Salon in 1890. had already made his debut at the Salon in 1879. This "Bust of André Leproust" (1904), which has nothing to do with his well-known animalier facet, was executed a year before he tended towards the simplification which was to be the distinctive feature of his most characteristic style, i.e. polished surfaces and no anecdotal details visible in his animals. Here, then, he is still traditional, in the presumed portrait of this child at the age of nine. A mask of the same model and from the same year is kept in the museum of his native town.