In the style of g. Hervor : pseudonym of jean de roncourt - end of xixth / beginning of xxth - the most famous french master sculptor of the male figure in the years 1920/ \. Sculpture in terracotta with a green bronze patina, totally in the art deco style, representing a man in full physical effort, firmly leaning on his chest to bend a tree trunk. model registered jp, signed on the terrace of "bon" or boni and in the taste of ugo cipriani born in florence in italy on august 13, 1887, died in paris on june 18, 1960 is an italian sculptor, son of the sculptor adolfo cipriani. After studying at the academy of fine arts in florence, he worked in marble, terracotta, bronze and alabaster in the spirit of the art deco movement of the 1920s.