Xavier Eeckhout is an art consultant in sculpture for Sotheby’s, the first auction house in France. Many other auction houses consult him for his expertise such as Delvaux, Fraysse & Associés, Collin du Bocage and Binoche & Giquello.
WORLD RECORD
Sale 6 décembre 2013, Binoche et Giquello, Hôtel Drouot, Paris.
Bronze with matt black patina.
Signed under the left hind leg.
Stamp by Valsuani "CIRE / C. VALSUANI / PERDUE".
Literature : Catherine Chevillot, Liliane Colas, Anne Pingeot, François Pompon, 1994, Gallimard / Electa - rmn, p. 212 repr.
Auctioned 200 000€ (buyer's premium)
Expertise
Sale 14 December 2012, Maître Jean-Marc Delvaux, Hôtel Drouot, Paris
Bronze signed
Auctioned 87 980 Euros (buyer's premium)