JOÉ DESCOMPS CORMIER ALSO KNOWN AS JOÉ DESCOMPS (1869-1950) - Lot 97

JOÉ DESCOMPS CORMIER ALSO KNOWN AS JOÉ DESCOMPS (1869-1950) (EMMANUEL-JULES-JOSEPH DESCOMPS, DIT) L'Aurore, the model created around [1925]. Sculpture. Bronze proof with dark brown patina shaded with green. Early edition lost-wax casting, circa 1930. Signed J. D.CORMIER, numbered N° (missing) and stamped Cire perdue - LEBLANC - BARBEDIENNE & Fils - Paris and marked Bronze and 120 on the back of the mound. H.68cm - W.33cm - D.21cm Public collections : Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - A marble or stone example of this model, acquired in 1931, is conserved in the collections of this institution under inventory number AMS 32. Bibliography : Art & Industrie - N° 6, August-September 1926. A marble proof of our sculpture model is reproduced on page 44.