Henri BOUCHARD (1875-1960) Le Touareg, 1923-1994. Edition proof in patinated bronze. Posthumous lost-wax casting, Susse Frères Paris. Signed on the terrace and numbered 4/8. Bears the artist's monogram, the "RESYRGAM" stamp and the founder's mark. 34 x 31 x 38 cm. Provenance: Offered by the Paris-Dakar Rally organization to Mr. Bernard Roché Bernard, director of Citroën France. Then by descent. In 1923, André Citroën commissioned a medal and sculpture from the artist, the Berber Watchman, to commemorate the success of the Raid Citroën, the first automobile crossing of the Sahara. Our Touareg is a remake of the Veilleur Berbère. The original plaster cast of the Touareg is preserved at La Piscine, or André-Diligent art and industry museum, in Roubaix. Bibliography: Marie Bouchard. Bouchard et le raid Citroën transsaharien. Paris, France. Association des Amis d'Henri Bouchard. Original plaster reproduced on p. 35.