Irénée Rochard, Elephant with Baby, 1920s-1940s, Golden Spelter

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Elephant and his little one in regula with golden patina on black marble base signed Rochard.
In very good condition … Read more Elephant and his little one in regula with golden patina on black marble base signed Rochard.
In very good condition with beautiful conservation of the original gilding.
Slight flaw of marble in a corner, very barely visible.
Length 62 cm, height 36 cm.

Irénée Félix René Rochard, born January 16, 1906 in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died March 29, 1984 (aged 78) in Paris, is a French animal sculptor.
from 1924 to 1928, he studied at the schools of Fine Arts and Decorative Arts, from 1938 he was a member of the National Society of Fine Arts. Between the wars, he was close to other animal sculptors, such as François Pompon and Édouard-Marcel Sandoz.
He carved hundreds of animals, horses, monkeys, gazelles, panthers, bear cubs, ducks, bison, pelicans, camels, dogs and others in the Art Deco style. He uses ceramic, wood, granite and marble, but especially bronze.
He created some sculptures with Ugo Cipriani, often signed Menneville and Rochard; variations on the theme of a woman with one or more dogs, the female figures being by Menneville (Ugo Cipriani) and the dogs by himself.
The city of Paris purchased some of his works (1937, 1950, 1954, 1965, 1968), as well as the city of New York in 1938.
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1941 – Bronze medal from the National Society of Fine Arts
1948 – Silver medal from the National Society of Fine Arts
1952 – Gold medal from the National Society of Fine Arts
1965 – Member of the jury of the National Society of Fine Arts
1980 – Medal of honor from the National Society of Fine Arts
1981 – Édouard-Marcel Sandoz Prize for animal sculpture
1960 – Taylor Prize
1961 – Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts
1964 – Arthur Leduc Prize
1970 – Prize from the Institut de France
1973 – Prize of the Institute of Fine Arts
1976 – Thérèse-Rivière Prize This piece has an attribution mark,
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