Cast in 1920, La Source (The Stream) presents a slender, elongated figure in a pose of quiet equilibrium, embodying the classical restraint and expressive economy that defined Robert Wlérick's mature sensibility. Originally conceived as a fountain design for the Hôtel Frugès in Bordeaux, the work carries with it the rare distinction of having been realized across multiple materials and scales, including a known marble version and larger bronze and marble iterations that Wlérick returned to revisit in the late 1920s. This bronze, produced in a limited edition of ten, represents the definitive small-scale casting of the composition and belongs to the artist's lifetime production, lending it both historical intimacy and documentary significance. Wlérick occupies a quietly influential position in early twentieth-century French sculpture, working in the years between Rodin's towering legacy and the more radical formal experiments of the interwar avant-garde. His figures consistently demonstrate a deep engagement with the human form as a vehicle for psychological and natural presence rather than ideological statement. La Source reflects this approach with particular elegance, its title evoking a natural wellspring while the figure itself reads as a study in controlled vitality, a body in harmony with its own stillness. At 72.4 centimeters, the work is scaled for the contemplative environment of a private collection, offering the kind of sustained visual reward that only reveals itself in proximity over time. Signed by the artist and presented as an unframed, self-contained object, La Source is a rare opportunity to acquire a piece that stands at the intersection of architectural commission and independent sculpture, a work conceived for public grandeur yet realized in a form perfectly suited to intimate engagement.