Paul Landowski (1875-1961) - Lot 34

Paul Landowski (1875-1961) The sons of Cain: the shepherd Circa 1910 Bronze with brown patina Signed "P. Landowski Bears the founder's stamp "CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD" and the number "(2)". H. 48.5 cm, terrace W. 21 x D. 31.5 cm This young shepherd is one of the figures in the group Les Fils de Caïn (Sons of Cain), sculptor Paul Landowski's final shipment from Rome and part of the monumental Temple de l'Homme project. The group represents three men of different ages, embodying humanity on the move. Our bronze features the young shepherd Jabel, the embodiment of physical strength, while the other two, Jubal, the first poet, and Tubalcain, the blacksmith, represent the strength of thought and the power of work. Paul Landowski's models for this biblical group were men he had met in the Roman countryside. The bronze, based on a plaster cast made in Rome, was exhibited at the 1906 Salon, where the sculptor was awarded a first-class medal and praised by both the Académie and the critics. Acquired by the State the same year, the bronze group was installed in the Cour Napoléon, then moved to the Jardin des Tuileries. Related works - Paul Landowskin Les fils de Caïn : le berger, circa 1903, plaster, H. 73,5 x W. 30 x D. 42 cm, Paris, Petit Palais, PPS3657(1) ; - Paul Landowski, Les Fils de Caïn, 1903, bronze, Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, - Paul Landowski, Les Fils de Caïn, 1903, bronze, cast by A.A. Hébrard, size: 77 x 88 x 47 cm, Boulogne-Billancourt, Musée-jardin Paul Landowski, inv. 1982.1.42. Related literature: - Michèle Lefrançois, Le Temple de l'Homme de Paul Landowski : un projet d'art total, in Histoire de l'art, n°3, 1988, pp. 77-88. - Dominique Boudou, Michèle Lefrançois, Paul Landowski, le temple de l'homme, cat. exp., Paris, Petit Palais, December 7, 1999-March 5, 2000, Paris, Paris-Musées, 1999, models listed under nos. 35 and 36, p. 112 and p. 114, pp. 112-119. - Paul Landowski: la pierre d'éternité, cat. exp. Péronne, Historial de la Grande Guerre, March 2-April 25, 2004, Paris, Somogy éd. D'art, 2004, p. 53 - Michèle Lefrançois, Paul Landowski: l'œuvre sculpté, Grâne, ed. Créphis, 2009, pp. 110-113