19th & 20th Century European Sculpture
Catalogue Information: 138 lots with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 2: ITALIAN, CIRCA 1900 AFTER THE ANTIQUE
SOLD ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LORD & LADY HESKETHVENUS D'ARLESmeasurements note151cm., 59½in.white marbleNOTEThe present model is a copy after the Venus d'Arles in the Louvre Museum. This ancient statue was discovered in three pieces in 1651in the [...more]
Lot 3: f,s - AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE JOSEPH, CALLED 'DEBAY PÈRE' FRENCH, 1779-1863 LATE 19 TH CENTURY
A BUST OF JEAN-ANTOINE GROS (1771-1835)measurements note33cm., 13in.Bearing the signature and date: David d'Angers. / .1821.terracottaNOTEA large marble bust of Baron Gros by Debay was exhibited at the Salon of 1827. Replicas of it were subsequently [...more]
Lot 4: FRITZ SCHAPER GERMAN, 1841-1919
A BUST OF OTTO VON BISMARCKmeasurements note54cm., 21¼in.signed and dated: SCHAPER III 85. and inscribed Aktien= Gesellschaft / vorm. / H. Gladenbeck & Sohn.bronze, dark brown patinaNOTESchaper's bust of Bismarck depicts the great soldier-statesm [...more]
Lot 5: VINCENZO VELA ITALIAN, 1820-1891
THE LAST DAYS OF NAPOLEONmeasurements notebronze: 28.5 by 16 by 26cm., 11¼ by 6¼ by 10¼in. base: 3.2cm., 1¼in.signed and dated: V. VELA. 1867. and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR. with the Collas reduction mecanique pastillebronze, dark brown patin [...more]
Lot 6: AUGUSTE-NICOLAS CAIN FRENCH, 1822-1894
VAUTOUR FAUVE SUR UNE TÊTE DE SPHINX (A VULTURE ON THE HEAD OF THE SPHINX )measurements note49cm., 19¼in.signed: A CAIN bronze, dark brown-green patinaNOTELe Sphinx et le vautour first appeared in plaster at the Salon of 1863 and was ordered in bronz [...more]
