France, circa 1930.

Bronze, marble.

Signed "Ouline" by the artist Alexandre Ouline.

Alexandre Ouline was a well known sculptor who worked in France between 1918 and 1940. He was featured in Animals in bronze by Christopher Payne, in Dictionnaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs Et Graveurs by E. Benezit, published by Gründ and in Jean Charles Hachet’s book Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers & fondeurs de l'Antiquité à nos jours published by Argus Valentines.