Lot 3: Louis-Auguste Hiolin , French 1846-1910 Au Loup!! bronze, brown patina

signed Hiolin, titled Au Loup!! / Par Hiolin / hors Concours and inscribed to the back SALON 1888 / ACQUIS / PAR LA VILLE DE PARIS. bronze, brown patina

measurements height 31 1/4 in.; width 37 in. alternate measurements 79.5 cm; 94 cm

Hiolin left his native city Septmont (Aisne) in 1864 and entered the École des Beaux-Arts the following year. Soon after, he became employed by the renowned architect Violet-le-duc and sculpted some works for the Château de Pierrefonds. The present model is arguably his best known and was exhibited at the Salon in 1887 and acquired the same year by the city of Paris at the Buttes-Chaumont.