FERDINAND PARPAN (1902-2004 )The crawl swimmer, the model in mahogany created in [1962], our copy numbered 6/8Sculpture . Proof in bronze with a brown patina. Ante-mortem cast iron made in 1992 by the Deroyaume Foundry. Black marble base. Signed F. PARPAN, monogrammed F. P., and bears the proof of the 6/8 print on the reverse side of the bronze. Base included : 10.5 x 34 x 8 cmBibliography : Jean-Charles Hachet - Ferdinand Parpan l'intuition des formes - Somogy éditions d'art, Paris, 2001. Identical model in bronze visible in the artist's studio on page 197 and reproduced on page 225.