Alexandre BIGOT (1862-1927) after drawings by the sculptor Paul JOUVE (1880 - 1973) Sheep (1900) Low relief in sculpted flamed stoneware. Annotated on the back 'frise des animaux porte monumentale exposition de 1900'. 18 x 32 x 3 cm. Historical background: Paul Jouve designed a bas-relief frieze in flamed stoneware for the monumental gate of the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition. Over 100 metres long, this frieze was created by Alexandre and consists of five repeating motifs: lion, bull, panther, bear and mouflon. Bigot would later publish these bas-reliefs in various reduction models in different formats. A larger version is in the Musée d'Orsay (inventory number: OAO 1805). Bibliography for the life-size model created for the 1900 Universal Exhibition: - Les grès de Bigot, 2nd edition, Paris, 1902, page 21 - Félix Marcilhac: Paul Jouve. Vie et œuvre. Éditions de l'Amateur. Paris 2005. Reproduced on page 22 - Horner Nadège: La sculpture polychrome en France, 1850-1910, répertoire des sculptures polychromes de la 2e moitié du XIXe siècle dans les collections publiques françaises". Éditions Hazan - Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2018