Large sculpture of a reclining boy in crackled earthenware.

The statue is characterised by a very expressive physiognomy.  What is striking is the natural and relaxed posture of the boy, the heavenly expression on his face and the perfection of the representation of the body.

The sculpture is signed “Ch. Perron” on top of the pedestal and has a small stamp also bearing “Ch. Perron” and the number 35 (limited edition?).

It is a work by the French sculptor Charles Théodore PERRON, who was born in Paris on 16 October 1862 and who died in Bourg-la-Reine on 18 December 1934.

Perron was a pupil of Alexandre Falguière and Louis-Auguste Hiolin and exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1895 onwards. He received an honourable mention in 1896, followed by a third-class medal in 1897, a second-class medal in 1899 and an honourable mention in 1900 at the World’s Fair. He received a first-class medal at the 1910 exhibition and participated in the Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition in 1912.

As Charles Théodore Perron was mainly active before the First World War, most of his sculptures are made of bronze. Crackled ceramics only came into fashion in the 1920s. This work is therefore an exception in Charles Théodore Perron’s oeuvre, which makes it a very rare collector’s item.

The statue is in very good condition. An earlier repair has been made to the base (see last photo).

Length: 66 cm

Width: 23 cm

Height: 29 cm