Michel Audiard (born in 1951) French artist and founder Sculpture in black polyester resin, representing a panther as composed of several layers Artist's proof, signed Dimensions: H: 26; L: 61; W: 30 cm Beginning his career as a portrait painter in Montparnasse, Michel Audiard quickly detached himself from this to devote himself exclusively to sculpture. With a great interest in bronze, which he considers to be the absolute goal of all sculpture, Michel Audiard created his lost wax bronze foundry in 1978. He creates works as diverse as jewelry, pens, corkscrews... which will give him an international media notoriety since many heads of state or celebrities will be given gifts. It is in the years 2000, that the artist engages his turn towards the animal sculpture with numerous series being devoted to them, such as the "Z' Animaux Musiciens" exposed to the Palais Garnier in Paris in 2013. The series "strata" of which the work we propose is part of his latest creations, alongside a monumental rhinoceros of 4.20m long and a "Bear, tribute to Pompon".