Léon Indenbaum (1890-1980)

The Russian-born painter and sculptor Léon Indenbaum emigrated to France in 1911. While living at the artist's residence La Ruche, he met and became friends with many artists including Modigliani, Soutine, Foujita and Zadkine.

The talent artist often worked with stone, marble and plaster to prepare the final cast for his bronzes. In the 1920s he lived near a brick factory where he gathered the terracotta used to make the present work which was fired in the factory oven in 1928. This cockerel has remained in the family of the artist and appears on the market for the first time.