FRANÇOIS POMPON (1855-1933) Paon, model created circa [1919], our proof made on September 6, 1923 and numbered 3 A sculpture. Bronze proof with medal patina. Lost-wax casting. Original and early edition by Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard. Significant alterations and wear to the patina. Signed POMPON on the edge of the front terrace, stamped Cire perdue A.A. HÉBRARD and numbered 3 on the edge of the end terrace. Height: 9cm - Length: 18,3cm - Width: 3,5cm Provenance: - Bazinet Collection, Arras. Purchased from Hébrard on October 20, 1924. - Location unknown. - Private collection, Paris. Public collections: - Musée d'Orsay, Paris - The plaster cast of our sculpture model is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number RF 4260. - Musée François Pompon, Saulieu - A bronze proof of the model is kept in the collections of this institution. Bibliography: - Liliane Colas, Anne Pingeot, Catherine Chevillot and Laure de Margerie - François Pompon 1855-1933 - Éditions Gallimard/Electa Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1994. Work referenced in the chapter - Catalogue raisonné: Animaux - under the number - Paon - 136C - Bronze - Exemplaire N°3 - and a bronze proof of the model reproduced on page 216.