SCULPTURE

Sculpture | Lots 765 – 872

Monday 13 February 2012

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766 765 A French Cold Painted Spelter Orientalist Lamp, after a model by Bergman, depicting two figures seated beneath a lantern. Height 15 inches. $800-1,200

766 An Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Figural Lamp, Anton Chotka (1881-1955), depicting two Middle Eastern gentlemen in a tent beneath a palm tree, one smoking a pipe, the other holding a rifle, raised on a naturalistic base, signed Chotka. Height 13 1/2 inches. Property from a Private West Michigan Collector $7,000-9,000

767 An Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Figural Lamp, Bergman, the Traveling Musician, depicting a female musician on a camel under a tent, signed Namgreb and stamped with foundry mark. Height 14 1/4 inches. $10,000-20,000

768 Two Austrian Bronze Figural Seals, Peter Tereszczuk (1875-1963), one depicting a boy standing and holding a fish, the other a peasant girl standing with a lamb, both signed P. Tereszczuk above the circular seal bases. Height of taller 5 1/4 inches. $300-500

769 A Belgian Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Paul-Ange Nocquet (1877-1906), depicting a nude dancer above the stepped circular base having a frieze of maidens and putti in relief, with Bacchic masks and three hoof feet, signed Nocquet to base, further signed Gorham. Co. Founders. Height overall 37 1/2 inches. $3,000-5,000 770 A German Bronze Figural Reliquary, W. Brose, depicting the standing haloed St. John, raised on a pedestal base inset with relic. Height 8 1/8 inches. $200-400

771 A Pair of Continental Bronze Figures, Henryk Kossowski the Younger (Polish, 1855-1921), each depicting a mariner in seafaring attire, one holding an anchor, the other a life raft, both on a naturalistic bases signed Kossowski Salon 1907, one impressed 3010. Height 10 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

772 A German Bronzed Metal Figural Lamp, the roof form shade with polychrome glass inserts, the body depicting a Cossak on horseback, set on a conforming naturalistic base, stamped Germany. Height overall 25 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000 773 A Gilt Bronze Figure of a Cossack, Georges Omerth (1895-1925), depicted standing, holding a gun, raised on a naturalistic base, signed G. Omerth. Height 10 inches. $300-500

774 A Russian Bronze Figural Group, Vasilii Grachev (1831-1905), depicting a Cossack farewell kiss, signed in Cyrillic with Woerffel foundry mark, set on a marble plinth. Height of bronze 9 1/8 inches. $2,000-4,000

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775 775 A Russian Parcel Gilt Bronze Figural Group, Nikolai Alexandrov Lieberich (1828-1883), depicting a hunter, his two hounds and horse, the hunter holding a fox by its hind leg and one of the hounds biting at its scruff, another fox is draped across the back of the saddle on the horse, raised on a naturalistic rectangular base with rounded corners, signed and dated 1861. Width 13 1/2 inches. $15,000-25,000

776 A Russian Bronze Figural Group, Evgeny Aleksandrovich Lanceray (Lansere) (1848-1886), Peasants from the Province of Riazan returning from the Fields, depicting two peasant women and a girl on a cart, one of the women is brandishing a whip toward the peasant boy riding the horse, which is hitched to the cart, while her fellow passengers laugh, raised on a naturalistic oval base, the base signed E. Lanceray in Cyrillic, dated 1871 and inscribed with the F. Chopin foundry in Cyrillic, further bearing the Russian Ministry of Finance Stamp and France in Latin. Length 24 inches. Property of a Gentleman $20,000-30,000

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777 Two Cast Metal Antiquity Fragments, the first Egyptian, the second likely Greco-Roman. Height of taller 2 3/8 inches. $200-400

778 A Continental Renaissance Style Bronze Figure of a Lion, cast in a crouching pose. Width 3 5/8 inches. $400-600

779* An Italian Marble Bust, after the Antique, depicting Hermes, raised on round socle. Height 24 inches. Property from the Collection of Ernie Diebold, Rockford, Illinois $700-900

780 A Continental Bronze Figural Group, after the Antique, depicting two classical wrestlers on a naturalistic ground, set on a conforming wood plinth base. Width 12 1/2 inches. $700-900

781 A Continental Bronze Figural Group, depicting two putti, one atop the other, raised on a naturalistic base. Height 37 inches. $2,000-4,000 782 A Pair of Continental Bronze Figural Groups, after Cousteau, depicting the Marley horses with trainers, each raised on square slate bases. Height overall 11 inches. $600-800

783 A Pair of Bronze Furietti Centaurs, after the Antique, one with bound hands, the other a whip, each set on a marble base. Height overall 55 inches. $2,000-4,000

784 A Continental Bronze Figure, depicting Saint Onofrius, on a marble plinth. Height overall 9 inches. $300-500

785 A French Bronze Figure, Eugene Barillot, depicting a standing draped putto astride a wheel and raising a torch, raised on a socle. Height 8 5/8 inches. $200-400

786 A French Bronze Figure, Vincent Desire Faure de Brousse (French, d. 1908), depicting Mercury carrying Pandora. Height 27 inches. $3,000-5,000

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787 A Continental Bronze Figure, depicting Fortuna riding the wind with trumpet and sash, raised on a bronze and marble socle with allegorical putti in relief. Height 31 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

788 A French Bronze Figure, Aime Jules Dalou (1838-1902), depicting a robed woman standing with jug, bearing the Susse Frères foundry mark. Height 4 1/2 inches. $400-600

789 A French Bronze Figural Group, Aime-Jules Dalou (18381902), depicting two satyres spying on a nude female, signed DALOU with A.A. Hebrard foundry mark. Height 9 3/4 inches. $4,000-6,000

790 A French Bronze Figure, after Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (18271875), depicting a robed lady holding a flower and seated before a broken column, set on a shaped marble base, signed Carpeaus. Width 20 1/8 inches. $300-500

791 A French Bronze Sculpture, After Etienne Maurice Falconet (French, 1716-1791), Venus au Bain, depicted standing against a tree trunk, holding her drapery in her right hand, raised on a naturalistic base, impressed Falconet, further raised on a square marble plinth. Height overall 32 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

792 A French Bronze Sculpture, depicting the young King David with a lyre, raised on a naturalistic socle, signed to base and retaining a tag from the Salon des Beaux-Arts, 1892. Height overall 26 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

793* A French Gilt Bronze Figural Sculpture, depicting a nude in front of a Rococo style cheval mirror with a beveled plate, signed Pinedo, marked Syndicate Fabr. Unis. France. Height overall 13 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Lila Meitus Lang, Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500

794 A French Bronze Figural Group, Henri Louis Levasseur (1853-1934), depicting a sleeping woman in a chair next to her spinning wheel, signed H. Levasseur. Height 28 1/4 inches. $5,000-7,000

795 A Pair of French Bronze Figures, Etienne-Henri Dumaige (1830-1888), allegorical of land and sea, set on stepped parcel gilt bases. Height 19 inches. $3,000-5,000

796 A French Bronze Bust, Jean-Louis Gregoire (1840-1890), depicting a woman wearing a hat, signed L. Gregoire. Height 20 inches. $1,500-2,500

797 Two Continental Bronze Figural Groups, the first depicting a putto on a goat, the second depicting Napoleon on horseback. Height of taller 7 1/4 inches. $300-500

798 A French Bronze Figure, depicting a cavalier standing atop a circular base, signed Rinet, the base inscribed H. Dehollsse & Co. Propriete. Height 12 5/8 inches. $500-700

799 A Carved Marble Figure, depicting a robed maiden with floral garlands. Height 32 inches. $800-1,200

800 An Italian Carved Alabaster Figure, early 20th century, depicting a maiden kneeling and lifting her skirt, set on a naturalistic base. Height 15 inches. $300-500

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801* An Italian Alabaster Bust, depicting a nude maiden with ribbons in her hair, unsigned. Height 19 1/2 inches. Property from the Leon Brown Trust, U.S. Bank, Trustee, Troy, Ohio $800-1,200

802* An Italian Marble Bust, depicting a young boy, raised on a conforming socle and later plinth base. Height overall 17 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Jean Ross, Lake Forest, Illinois $800-1,200

803* An Italian Alabaster and Gilt Bronze Bust, Adagio, depicting a woman with a hairpin and a musical crest at her bust, set on a marble base. Height of bust 11 inches. Property from the Estate of Stella Seligman Bonnard Aëngel, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

804 An Italian Marble Bust, R. Battelli, 19th century, depicting Goethe, raised on a socle base. Height overall 14 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

805* A Carved Marble Bust, Leonardo Taft, signed by the artist and dated 1896, depicting a gentleman with moustache and necktie, wearing a scholarly robe. Height 26 inches. Property from the Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000 806 A Cast Stone Capital Fragment, of S-scroll form molded with two owls on an acanthus leaf perch, the sides with sinuous dragons. Height 18 inches. $400-600

807 A Continental Carved Wood Figural Fragment, 16th/17th century, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, raised on a fitted stand. Height 10 inches. $1,000-2,000

808 A Continental Carved Marble Relief Fragment, depicting a saint in profile. Height 7 inches. $300-500

809* A Cast Plaster Bust, depicting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Height 32 1/2 inches. Property from the Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

810* A Group of Three Plaster Busts, depicting Dante, Cervantes and Emerson. Height 29 1/2 inches. Property from the Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

811* Two Cast Plaster Busts, depicting Abraham Lincoln and William Cullen Bryant. Height 30 1/2 inches. Property from the Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 812 A John Rogers Painted Plaster Figural Group, Is It So Nominated in the Bond?, depicting four characters from The Merchant of Venice. Height 22 1/2 inches. $400-600

813 A Polychrome Decorated Cast Plaster Figure, in the style of a ship’s figurehead, depicting a draped maiden with a cornucopia. Height 61 inches. $1,000-2,000

814 A Continental Terracotta Figure, depicting a woman wearing a tiara. Height 13 1/2 inches. $500-700

815 A Continental Plaster Bacchic Figural Group, surmounted with two satyrs with a wine skin over the festoon and putto decorated columnar base. Height 23 1/2 inches. $400-600

816 An American Bronze Sculpture, Frederick Aman (b. 1929), American (1929-present) Unwelcome Guest, depicting a Native American figure bearing a torch and kneeling in a canoe suspended above lily pads and fish, signed AMAN, raised atop a wood base. bronze signed Height 23 x width 44 inches. $6,000-8,000

817 An Austrian Bronze Figural Group, Carl Kauba (1865-1922), depicting a farmer plowing a field with two draft horses, raised on a naturalistic base, further set on a later marble and wood base. Width of bronze 15 3/4 inches. Property from a Private West Michigan Collector $3,000-5,000

818 An American Bronze Sculpture, Louis McClellan Potter (American 1873-1912), Spirit of the Night, depicting a standing nude figure with outstretched arms and draped in cloth, raised on a conforming socle base, inscribed Louis Potter 1905, Copyright 1905 by Gorham Mfg. Co. Height 26 inches. $6,000-8,000

819 An American Bronze Sculpture, Pearl Amsel (b. 1931), The Kiss, signed P. Amsel ‘75. Height 9 3/4 inches. $600-800

820* A Continental Gilt Metal Figure of a Monkey, having jeweled eyes and set on a malachite base. Height overall 5 1/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Richard Himmel, Palm Beach, Florida $400-600

821 An American Patinated Bronze Sculpture, depicting a grizzly bear on a naturalistic ground, signed indistinctly. Width 10 3/4 inches. $600-800

822 A Continental Bronze Animalier Group, depicting two spaniels seated on a pillow. Width 8 1/2 inches. $200-400

823 A Continental Animalier Bronze Figure, depicting a recumbent boar, unsigned. Length 8 inches. $400-600

824 An Austrian Bronze Anamalier Group, Hans Muller (1873-1937), depicting a horse and foal, set on a rectangular naturalistic base. Width 9 inches. $800-1,200

825 An Austrian Bronze Anamalier Figure, depicting a flamingo in motion, set on a black marble socle, stamped Austria. Height overall 10 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

826 A French Gilt Bronze Animalier Figure, Henri Trodoux, depicting a pheasant standing atop a naturalistic ground with canted corners, raised on a marble base. Width of bronze 10 3/4 inches. $400-600

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827 A French Bronze Animalier Group, Paul Edouard Delabrierre (1829-1912), depicting two hawks fighting atop a naturalistic tree stump base, signed E. Delabrierre. Height 13 inches. $1,500-2,500

828* A Continental Bronze Figure, Rudolf Marcuse (German, 1878-1930), depicting a maiden standing before a cauldron, set on a rouge marble base. Height of figure 8 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Stella Seligman Bonnard Aëngel, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

829 A Pair of Continental Bronze Allegorical Figures, each cast as a maiden, one representing spring, the other fall, both set on marbleized wood bases. Height of bronze 10 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

830 A Pair of Continental Cast Bronze Figural Mounts, each depicting a winged putto. Length 22 1/2 inches. $500-700

831 A Continental Bronze Relief Plaque, of oval form, depicting a male and female watching putti at harvest. Height 11 1/4 x width 13 3/8 inches. $500-700 832 A French Cold Painted Cast Metal Figure, after Henri Honore Ple (1853-1922), depicting a maiden beside a well, mounted as a lamp. Height overall 47 inches. $500-700

833 A Patinated Bronze Figure, depicting a young lute player, set on a square base. Height 17 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

834 A Continental Parcel Gilt and Patinated Bronze Bust of a Lady, depicted wearing a hat and having drop earrings with enameled and rhinestone accents and draped in cloth. Height 23 inches. $800-1,200

835 A Pair of Gilt Bronze Figures, depicting a provincial man and lady with baskets, raised on circular rouge marble bases. Height 11 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

836 A Group of Five Continental Bronze Articles, comprising a figure of a boy with an umbrella, a standing maiden, a crouching gentleman, a figural group of inebriated people and an Art Nouveau figural seal depicting a maiden in hat. Height of tallest overall 6 inches. $200-400 837 A Collection of Continental Cast Metal Articles, comprising a silvered figure of a maiden seated on a lion, a bust of a bearded gentleman, a female mount and a figural group of a man fighting a lion. Height of tallest overall 4 5/8 inches. $200-400

838 A Continental Bronze Figural Group, depicting a seated gentleman in 18th century attire, with dog. Height 6 3/8 inches. $300-500

839 A Continental Bronze Bust, depicting Jesus with a crown of thorns, raised on a lucite base. Height 4 1/8 inches. $400-600

840 A Continental Gilt Bronze Figural Mount, depicting a seated Madonna and Child, raised on a later stepped wood base. Height 10 1/4 inches. $200-400

841 Two Continental Bronze Figures of Women, the first nude, the second robed, together with a continental eagle form mount. Height of tallest overall 9 1/8 inches. $200-400

842 Thirteen Continental and American Bronze Medallions, depicting various figures in profile and scenes. Diameter of largest 2 5/8 inches. $200-400

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843 A Group of Three Framed Bronze Medallions, depicting European nobility. Diameter of each overall 4 1/8 inches. $200-400

844 A Collection of Thirteen Silvered and Gilt Cast Metal Medallions, depicting various figures and scenes, three cased. Diameter of largest 2 1/4 inches. $300-500

845 A Group of Six Continental Bronze Medallions, depicting various figures and scenes. Diameter of largest 3 3/8 inches. $200-400

846 A French Bronze Sculpture, Madeleine Jouvray (French, 19th/20th century), depicting a maiden standing on a wave raised on a conforming circular base, signed and dated 1891, stamped Tiffany & Co. and numbered 2 46784. Height 23 inches. $1,000-2,000

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847 An Austrian Bronze Sculpture, Bruno Zach (18911935), depicting a standing nude woman and crouching man, signed B. Zach, raised on a stepped marble base. Height 27 inches. $10,000-15,000

848 An Austrian Bronze Figure, Bruno Zach (18911935), The Hugger, depicting a draped lady embracing a phallus. Height 7 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

849 An Art Nouveau Patinated and Gilt Bronze Encrier, cast as three putti standing on a leaf looking at a frog. Width 14 inches. $800-1,200

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852 860 850* A Pair of Carved Ivory Sphinxes, each in a typical recumbent pose. Length 3 3/8 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Richard Himmel, Palm Beach, Florida $500-700

851 A Continental Carved Ivory Flask, carved as a beast holding the spout in its jaws, further decorated with a shield form crest three fleurs-de-lis in low relief. Length 10 7/8 inches. $300-500

852 A Continental Carved Ivory Figure, 18th/19th century, depicting a barefoot gentleman in a tricorner hat holding a pail, raised on an ebonized wood pedestal base. Height of ivory 4 3/8 inches. $500-700

853* A Set of Six Carved Ivory Figures, each depicting a male playing an instrument, raised on a carved wood barrel form base. Height of tallest 7 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Lila Meitus Lang, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

854 A European Carved Ivory Plaque, the rectangular panel depicting a scene of a 17th century European procession with figures on horseback, one of the buildings in the background inscribed with 1637. Height 2 3/4 x width 7 3/4 inches. $800-1,200

855 A Continental Carved Ivory Desk Thermometer, having a carved spherical finial over the thermometer stem and pierce carved baluster support ending in a fluted columnar base. Height 12 1/2 inches. $600-800

856 A Continental Lathe Carved Ivory Box, of circular form carved with radiating stylized petals and foliate roundels, the base with an engraved guilloche pattern. Diameter 3 inches. $400-600

857 A Continental Carved Ivory Figure, carved in two halves, the first half depicting a cavalier, the other a pauper, set on a socle base. Height of ivory 7 inches. $600-800

858 A Continental Carved Ivory Figure, depicting a gentleman dressed in 18th century costume on a columnar base. Height overall 7 1/4 inches. $400-600

859* Two Continental Carved Ivory Figures, depicting a lady and a gentleman, each raised on a cylindrical base. Height overall 7 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Marjorie I. Mitchell, Chicago, Illinois $700-900

860 A Continental Carved Ivory Figure, depicting a standing maiden in 19th century costume holding a parasol handle, raised on a columnar base. Height overall 8 1/4 inches. $500-700

861* A Shagreen and Ivory Cigarette Box, having a rectangular hinged top opening to a fitted interior. Width 7 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Richard Himmel, Palm Beach, Florida $500-700

862 A Continental Carved Ivory Figure, depicting a standing nude female with one hand at her waist. Height 7 7/8 inches. $400-600

863 A Continental Art Nouveau Ivory Bust, depicting a lady issuing from a lily, set on an onyx plinth base. Height 5 1/4 inches. $200-400

864 A Continental Art Nouveau Carved Ivory Figure, depicting a robed standing maiden, raised on a stepped pedestal base. Height 18 1/2 inches. $6,000-8,000

865 A German Bronze and Ivory Figure, Hans Keck, depicting a man in Renaissance costume, signed H. Keck fec., raised on a stepped rouge marble and gilt bronze base, mounted as a lamp. Height 8 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

866 A French Gilt Bronze and Ivory Figure, depicting a youth set on a circular marble base, signed L. Bartholemy. Height 5 3/8 inches. $300-500

867 A French Art Deco Patinated Bronze and Ivory Figure, Armand Godard, having a dancing maiden with ivory face, arms, body and feet, raised on an onyx base. Height 14 3/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

868 A French Gilt Bronze and Ivory Figure, Raphanel, depicting a lady in Medieval attire seated next to a box on a Gothic style bench. Height of bronze 10 inches. $1,000-2,000

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869 A French Gilt Bronze and Ivory Figure, X. Raphanel, depicting a young cavalier with a sword, set on a wood base. Height 14 inches. $3,000-5,000

870 A French Gilt and Silvered Bronze and Ivory Figural Group, Georges Omerth (1895-1925), depicting Cupid and Psyche draped in flowing fabric raised on an octagonal waisted onyx base, figure marked Omerth, base marked Fabrication Francaise Paris - G.M. Height 15 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

871 A French Silvered Bronze, Ivory and Gem Inset Figural Group, Alfred-Emilien, Comte de Nieuwerkerke (French 1811-1892), La Mort de Duc de Clarence (The Death of the Duke of Clarence), depicting the combat of the Duc de Clarence and Garin de Fontaine with ivory jousts and swords, having an enameled shield with lapis, ruby, and garnet inset accents raised on a naturalistic base further set on a black marble plinth, signed tag reading Par Le Comte de Nieuwerkerke, 1858, plinth bearing tag reading Salon des Baux-Arts. Height 19 x width 30 inches. $8,000-12,000

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Current lot in situ, shown in the family living room, Southeast Florida, circa 1965 872 A French Bronze and Ivory Figural Group, Demetre H. Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947), Les Amis de Toujours (Friends Forever), circa 1925, depicting a lady flanked by borzoi hounds, set on an onyx plinth base, bottom of the dress stamped Made in France, further stamped 120, onyx base signed Chiparus, raised on the conforming champlevé and onyx double pedestal, stamped Made in France. Height of figural group 24 7/8 x height of pedestal 41 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. William Kroll $80,000-120,000