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AFRICAN FOAL, NUMBER 1 FIRST STATE

Armand PETERSEN

Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina, signed « A. PETERSEN »
Cast by Bisceglia. Bears the founder’s stamp « CIRE PERDUE / BISCEGLIA »
H. 9,5″ x W. 8,4″ x D. 3″.
Black granite (?) base 1″ x 7,6″ x 3,5″

Circa 1929-1936

Literature: Liliane Colas, Petersen, sculpteur animalier, Éditions Finzi, 2004, p. 26-27, model reproduced n° 1 ; Armand Dayot, Les animaux vus par les meilleurs animaliers réalisations – dessins – études – etc animaux stylisés : poils, Paris, 1929, vol. 2, plaster model pl. 48