Антикварные ограничители для книг (букенды) «Охотничьи собаки», É.Drouot

A pair of antique bookends, commonly known as bookends, executed in the form of hunting dogs. The figures are cast in bronze using the artistic casting technique and mounted on substantial marble bases, ensuring stability. The dog figures are the work of the French sculptor Édouard Drouot (1859–1945), whose signature is present on the piece. The artist studied under the renowned sculptor Mathurin Moreau at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris and regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1889 onward. Today, Drouot’s works are held in notable collections, including the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University in Bloomington.