Damien HERMELLIN: original bronze with blue patina, representing the dancer Serge Peretti, numbered 7/8, height: 37 cm without the base, base dimensions: 10 cm x 19 cm. Exceptional and rare bronze sculpture by the artist. Blue patina in perfect condition. Artwork visible in Montauban by appointment only.

In 1962, Damien Hermellin moved to Paris, regularly attending classical and jazz dance classes. He observed dancers during rehearsals and created drawings, paintings, and bronze sculptures with brown patina for the Dance School of the Paris National Opera. "I am a sculptor who draws; I study movement, and I am fascinated by dance. I have created numerous costumes for major shows. I am 76 years old, and I chose to settle in Montauban. I spent 50 years in Paris; I was fed up. I have fond memories of Montauban in the 80s thanks to the dance festival created by Alain Marty. Then I became friends with François-Henri Soulié. He made me love and discover the city." François-Henri speaks about Hermellin's work: "It begins with a hanging. The sculptor sets up a small gallows to which the figure about to be born will cling, as if the future lightness, the rise of the forthcoming character, should not spring from the ground but, on the contrary, give the impression of descending from the sky. Hermellin's bronze dancers seem to emerge from the invisible to suddenly appear in the metal that reveals them."