FERDINAND PARPAN (1902-2004) Hippopotamus, the model created around [1945-1950]. Sculpture. Proof in tuff. Left rear foot reattached. Unsigned. Bears the old label with the mention Fernand PARPAN under the base. Dimensions with base: H. 11.5 cm - L. 23 cm - W. 11 cm Bibliography : - Ferdinand Parpan, l'intuition des formes - Jean-Charles Hachet, Somogy éditions d'art, Paris, 2001. Identical model in bronze or wood can be seen in a display case in the artist's studio on page 51 and near the studio stove on pages 53 and 55. Identical model in plaster, 32 cm long, visible in the artist's studio, reproduced on pages 56 and 147. - Ferdinand Parpan sculpteur - Jean-Jacques Lévêque, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1989. Identical model most probably in plaster, visible in the artist's studio on page 19, and identical model in bronze reproduced on page 123.