Conceived in 1926, cast before 1931.
Copyrighted, numbered and signed ‘© N°1/MAHONRI' on the base, bottom left; also with ’CIRE PERDUE/F CARVINALLI' foundry stamp on the base, at the rear at left, bronze with black patina
In December 1926, while at the training quarters for prizefighters, he talked the French middlewight champion René Devos into posing for him. He also hired an unnamed black boxer as a model. Using these two men, he sculpted individual statuettes and groupings, most of them studio pieces about twenty-seven inches tall.
23.25" x 28.50" x 10.25"
Bronze
