Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) Greyhound with a fan (Plock) and Levrette with a ball (Jiji) Pair of bronzes with brown patina Signed "P.J MENE" on the terrace H : 17 cm Related literature : Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Pierre-Jules Mêne, catalog raisonné, Paris, Univers du Bronze, 2007, models listed under n°CHI58 and n°CHI57, p. 131 Although made as a pendant, the Lévrier à l'éventail has been less published than the Levrette à la boule and is therefore rarer. It is indeed one of the two male sighthounds treated by Pierre-Jules Mêne with the Spanish Sighthound (Diego). The Greyhound playing ball (Jiji) is one of the two dogs constituting the Group of two greyhounds playing ball.