Carlo Sarrabezolles (1888-1971) Leda and the swan Gilded bronze Signed on the front of the terrace "C. Sarrabezolles" and bears the number 2/8 under the left foot Bears the stamp of the Fonderie de la Plaine on the front of the right foot on the terrace H : 15,5 cm and terrace 23,5 x 7,5 cm Related literature : Geneviève Sarrabezolles-Appert, Marie-Odile Lefèvre, Carlo Sarrabezolles : sculpteur et statuaire : 1888-1971, Paris, Somogy éd. D'art, 2003, model listed p. 181 Carlo Sarrebezolles trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse and then in Paris. The period between the wars was very prolific for the artist, he joined the Ateliers de l'Art Sacré, exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes français and participated in several international exhibitions such as the 1925 Decorative Arts Exhibition, the 1937 Arts et Techniques Exhibition and the 1939 New York International Exhibition.