Modern & Contemporary Auction
Modern & Contemporary Auction
François Pompon
Ours Blanc
Lot Closed
December 8, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
François Pompon
1855 - 1933
Ours Blanc
Black patinated bronze
Inscribed Pompon and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire perdue on the back left leg
24 x 44,5 x 13,5 cm
Conceived in 1929, this work executed circa 1960-65.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Liliane Colas dated April 2022 and numbered no. 712422, confirming the circa date of manufacture and highlighting the quality of this posthumous edition.
Private collection, Switzerland
Private collection, Geneva (acquired from the above)
Catherine Chevillot, Liliane Colas and Anne Pingeot, François Pompon, Paris, 1994, p. 211, no. 122E