A terracotta "Le Baiser"
by Jean-Jules Chasse-Pot. (1933-2010) Signed. Around 1985.
Dimensions 20x20x20cm.
He took the pseudonym of Chasse-Pot to distinguish himself from his older brother Bernard Rancillac, whose success as a painter was at its peak, when Chasse-Pot embarked on sculpture.
In these most “human” creations, the gaze holds a primordial place: the eyes of his characters seek the gaze of the “other” partner of papier-mâché or terracotta, in vis-a-vis full of poetry. .