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Bronze group , figuring a fox attacking a rooster , by Édouard Drouot (1859-1945) .
Bronze with nuanced brown patina .
Signature of the sculptor
"E.DROUOT", hollow, on the naturalist terrace .
Ancient bronze , period second half of the 19th century .
Very good state of preservation and patina .
Height : 24.5 cm
Length : 64 cm
Édouard Drouot (1859-1945)
Édouard Drouot was a French artist known for his bronze and marble sculptures of allegorical and mythological scenes .
Sometimes creating animal and Orientalist works , Édouard Drouot's sculptures , whether of animals or people , are characterized by a sense of movement and an expressive touch .
Born April 3 , 1859 in Sommevoire , France , he studied with Mathurin Moreau at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris .
He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1889 .
Today , Drouot's work can be found , among others , in the collections of the Courtauld Institute in London and the Indiana University Museum of Art in Bloomington .
The artist died in 1945 in Paris .
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