CATALOGUE ROGER GODCHAUX

VALUATIONS


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

for a polar bear

in bronze of Pompon


Sale 6 décembre 2013, Binoche et Giquello, Hôtel Drouot, Paris.

Francois Pompon (1855-1933)
Polar Bear

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

for a horse by

Antoine Louis Barye


Sale 14 December 2012, Maître Jean-Marc Delvaux, Hôtel Drouot, Paris

Antoine Louis Barye (1795-1875)
Cheval turc n° 1

Bronze signed

Auctioned 87 980 Euros (buyer's premium)