Hond met marmeren bases, Edouard Drouot (1859-1945) - Bookends - Bronze, Marble

Two bronze bookends with barking dogs.
Both signed with E. Drouot (Edouard Drouot)
They are probably post-casts from the 1970s/1980s.
It's a heavy set; together they weigh 3.5 kilograms.
Condition is excellent.

Please see all photos (also for the dimensions)
They are part of the description.
Naturally well packaged, shipped.

Biography:
Édouard Drouot (3 April 1859 – 22 May 1945)
was a French sculptor. As a pupil of
Émile Thomas and Mathurin Moreau at the Beaux-Arts
in Paris, a member of the Salon des artistes français,
Édouard Drouot presented in 1929 a plaster group, Le Crépuscule, and received in 1889 an honorable mention
and in 1892 a medal of the third class.
He also received an honorable mention at the
World's Fair of 1900.

He is known for his bronze and marble sculptures
of allegorical and mythological scenes, which are
characterized by a sense of movement
and an expressive touch.