Joseph BERNARD

Bronze with nuanced brown patina, signed « J. Bernard »
Cast by Hébrard. Bears the founder’s stamp « Cire perdue /A.A Hébrard », numbered « 24 »
H. 20,8″
Circa before 1931

Provenance: private collection J.P.L., Grenoble.

Literature: René Julian, Joseph Bernard, Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuses, 1989, page 298, our example reproduced under n°146. Alice Massé and Sylvie Carlier Joseph Bernard (1866-1931). De pierre et de volupté : exhibition Villefranche-sur Saône, musée Paul-Dini from 18 October 2020 to 21 February 2021 and Roubaix, Piscine-musée d’art et d’industrie André-Diligent from 26 June to 5 September 2021, Gand 2020, pages 220-221.