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FRANÇOIS POMPON Coq dormant.
Patinated bronze, 1927. 220x300x115 mm; 8 5/8x12x4 1/2 inches. From a total edition of 46. Signed with the foundry mark on top of the base and numbered "(B-5)" and inscribed "France" on the edge of the base. Cast by A. A. Hébrard, Paris.
According to Chevillot, example "B 5" was executed on November 19, 1927, and sold on December 5 of the same year at Tiffany & Co., New York.
Published: Chevillot, François Pompon, Paris, 1994, page 194, number 52.
Coq dormant was designed by Pompon (1855-1933) in 1914, before he found success as an independent sculptor (he had served as a studio assistant for Auguste Rodin from 1890-1897). Between 1918 and 1932, Fonderie Hébrard cast Coq Dormant in five editions, numbered 1 to 10, A1 to A10, B1 to B10, C1 to C10, and D1 to D6. Pompon's work, relying on streamlined, fluid forms, was finally publicly acclaimed at the 1922 Salon d'Automne with his exhibition of Ours blanc (Polar Bear).
