Abstract bronze by Antoine Poncet.Total height is 10 inches.Base is 1.5 inches high, 5.25 inches by 4 inches.Sculpture without base is 8.5 inches high.Signed with AP monogram and numbered 39/300.////////////////////////(From Wiki):"Antoine Poncet is a French sculptor , born on May 5 , 1928 in Paris .Grandson of Maurice Denis and son of Marcel Poncet, Swiss painter and glassmaker Antoine Poncet discovered sculpture at the age of 14, first with Reymond in Lausanne , then Germaine Richier in Zurich (1942). He was a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne from 1942 to 1945. A bursar of the French state, he returned to Paris where he settled permanently in 1948. He became a pupil of Zadkine and Gimond , meets Arp (which he will collaborate from 1953 to 1955), Brancusi , Laurens and befriends Alicia Penalba , Stephen Martin , Francois Stahly , Walber.In 1956, Antoine Poncet participated in the Venice Biennale and received the following year the André Susse Prize (Academy of Fine Arts). His first solo exhibition took place in 1956 at the Iris Clert Gallery in Paris. Antoine Poncet participates in many events. In 1960, he was a member of the Jury of the Bourdelle Prize, from 1961 to 1965, he participated in the Biennales of Antwerp - Middelheim ( Belgium ), and in 1963 at the Sculpture Symposium of Manazvru (Japan). He is in 1969 Chairman of the May Salon Committee. In 1983 he received the Henry Moore Prize from the Hakone Museum ( Japan ) and in 1996 the Prix de l'Hermitage (Lausanne). Antoine Poncet is a member of the Academy of Fine Arts . He was president of the Academy of Fine Arts in 2009.Monumental:The flamboyant at the Place des Bergues, Geneva .Kyoto Foundation, Kyoto (Japan)Sun and Surf Residence, Palm Beach (United States)Oxford Chemical Company, Atlanta (United States)Gant Ltd, New Haven (United States)Northwestern University (United States)Stanford University (United States)Mount Sinai Hospital, New YorkCredit Lyonnais, New York Connecticut College, New London (United States)Polytechnic School, Saclay (Essonne)ENA, Paris University of Besançon (Doubs)Marina Center, Singapore Embassy of Switzerland, BeijingPlace des Bergues, Geneva Garden of the Palais des Congrès, Montreux University Hospital, Geneva Swiss Atlantic, Lausanne (Switzerland)University of Lausanne, Dorigny (CM)Pierre Gianadda Foundation , and City of Martigny , Switzerland Decorations Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters . He is promoted to the rank of officer on September 13 , 2016 "

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