Sculpture of a pierrot head in patinated metal alloy and intended as a car mascot around the 1930s. The sculptor of said sculpture is Claude.
It is an extremely rare model, of which a copy like this was sold at the French auction house Artcurial and which belonged to the world's largest and greatest collector of automobile mascots, the Italian PASQUALE GIORDANO. His collection of more than 1000 French car mascots were sold in 2016. You can see the reference at:
artcurial.com/en/lot-pierrot-par-claude-2901-351
The metal figure shows patina and marks of time such as light scratches. The marble base has some chips and defects. See detailed photographs.
Signed on the back 'CLAUDE'.
total weight: 435 gr.
Height - 7.5 cm approx.
Width - 6 cm approx.
