Anne-Marie PROFILLET (1898-1939). Pigeon Paon, 1926. Enameled white crackle ceramic sculpture on base, signed inside and stamped (?). Height 33 cm - Width : 23 cm Provenance: artist's family. Note: the preparatory study in graphite pencil is in the Musée de Vire. Anne-Marie Profillet quickly set her sights on animal sculpture, taking classes with Edouard Navellier and becoming accustomed to studying outdoors, notably at the Jardin des Plantes. It was here that she met and befriended François Pompon in 1928. Pompon's characteristics can be seen in her work, with its "smooth" sculpture, and she participates with him in the revival of animal art. Exhibitions : - Xème exposition des Artistes animaliers français, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 1928. - Exposition des Artistes animaliers, Galerie Edgar Brandt, Paris, 1930.