Anne-Marie PROFILLET (1898-1939). Lamas n°2. Original stoneware proof. Signed on the terrace, stamped by Sèvres and marked "original". Height 20 cm - Width 20 cm Note: 1938 model from the archives of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres. Anne-Marie Profillet quickly set her sights on animal sculpture, taking classes with Edouard Navellier and becoming accustomed to studying outdoors, particularly 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. Provenance : - Atelier Anne-Marie PROFILLET ; - Jeanne Blachas-Profillet collection; - artist's family. - Casting possible with the agreement of the heirs.