A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen

France, François Pompon, 1935, a bronze medal by O. Yencesse, bust left with heavy moustache, reverse polar bear sculpture, L’Ours blanc, 63mm (CGMP p.403; cf. BDW 18, 600). Good very fine, rare (£70-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen.

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François Pompon (1855-1933), sculptor; pupil of the École des Arts Décoratifs, who worked alongside Mercié, Falguière and Rodin. His fine model of a polar bear, L’Ours blanc, exhibited at the Autumn Salon of 1922, brought him wide acclaim. Most of his works are exhibited in the museum at Dijon. See Pierre Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siècle, pp.551-4