Émile-Antoine BOURDELLE (1861–1929) Design for a monument to Louis Pergaud at the entrance to Port Saint-Pierre Gouache. Signed lower left. Dated and inscribed in the lower right corner: “Monument Design / To Louis Pergaud - / At the entrance to Port Saint-Pierre / sketch drawn / in the presence of Mr. Charles Léger / May 17, 1927, PARIS.” Study of the monument on the reverse. 48 x 63.5 cm The project for the monument to Louis Pergaud, initiated by a committee and the writer Charles Léger, was designed by the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle before his death in 1929. Finalized based on his models and cast by Alexis Rudier, it was erected and unveiled on May 19, 1932, in Besançon’s Micaud Park.