9. BOLESLAS BIEGAS (1877-1954) Sleeping God signed, inscribed and dated 'B. B. Biegas Śpiący Bóg Paris 1903 n° 2/8' and bears the founder's stamp 'Landowski cire perdue' (on the base on the left) bronze with brown patina 35 x 34 x 8.2 cm. 13 3/4 x 13 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. Designed in 1903, one of the copies of the edition of 8 cast in 1987 by Landowski cire perdue. The authenticity of this work has been kindly confirmed by Xavier Deryng under the aegis of the Biegas Committee. This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Bolesław Biegas, currently in preparation. Provenance Estate of Christian de Rabaudy; His sale, Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 23 November 2003, lot 19. Private collection, France (acquired in this sale). Bibliography B. Biegas, Wędrówki ducha myśli, Kraków, 1904 (illustrated p. 45). L. Theuveny, Boleslas-Biegas, sculpteur et peintre, Album, Paris, 1906 (illustrated p. 45).