SCULPTURE

Sculpture | Lots 723 – 759

monday 15 July 2013

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729 723 An American Bronze Medallion, Charles Russell, of oval form, depicting a Native American, the verso incised C.M. Russell. Height 4 1/4 inches. $200-400

724 An American Bronze Medallion, Charles Russell, of oval form, depicting a Native American, the verso incised C.M.R. Height 4 1/2 inches. $200-400

725 An American Bronze Plaque, Charles Oscar Haag (1867-1933), of rectangular form, cast in relief with an undertaker driving an ox drawn sleigh carrying a casket, set on an oak panel. Width of bronze 36 1/4 inches. $300-500

726* A Wrought Iron Garden Bench, cast with foliate decoration. Width 56 inches. Property from the Estate of Peggy D. Richards, Barrington, Illinois $300-500

727 A Cast Metal Garden Fountain, in the form of a boy holding a frog, raised on a circular base. Height 30 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

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728 A Pair of Terracotta Animalier Jardinières, each in the form of a turtle. Width 18 inches. $400-600

729 A Cast Iron Chinese Garden Lantern, of hexagonal form, with a cap and finial. Height 44 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

730* A Set of Four Cast Lead Garden Figures, each in the form of a putto representing a season, raised on a cement plinth. Height overall 44 1/2 inches (each). Property from the Estate of Peggy D. Richards, Barrington, Illinois $800-1,200 731 A Pair of Neoclassical Style Carved Marble Sculptures, each depicting a classically draped maiden, one holding an urn, the other a basket of flowers, raised on a shaped square base. Height of taller 62 inches. $1,500-2,500

732 A Continental Marble Pedestal, of cylindrical form with a stepped base. Height 38 1/4 inches.

Provenance: Property from the Estate of David A. Stickelber, Kansas City, Missouri Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, 8 November 2012, Lot 24 $800-1,200

733 A Continental Marble Pedestal, having a square top and base joined by a columnar standard. Height 47 3/8 inches. $400-600 734 A Continental Marble Pedestal, in five parts, having a circular top over the grapevine carved standard, raised on a square foot. Height 40 inches. $300-500

735 An Italian Alabaster Figural Lamp, carved with a girl standing before rockery beside the lamp with a domed shade, raised on a ring turned pedestal ending in an octagonal base. Height overall 70 inches. $1,500-2,500

736 An Alabaster Figural Pedestal Lamp, depicting an Art Nouveau maiden timidly stepping into al pool of water at her feet, raised on an illuminated fluted pedestal with further grapevine decoration. Height overall 59 1/2 inches. $600-800

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737 An Italian Marble and Alabaster Bust, Prof. G. Besji, Mignon, depicting a maiden with a scarf in her hair. Height 15 1/2 inches. $400-600

738* An Italian Art Nouveau Marble Bust, depicting a maiden, raised on a conforming rectangular plinth, signed Giusto, the last name signed indistinctly. Height 11 inches. Property from the Collection of John Robert Wiltgen, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 739* A Grand Tour Carved Marble Bust, after the Antique, depicting a bearded Roman military figure with a scrolling foliate breastplate and draped toga, crowned with a laurel wreath. Height 30 inches. Property from the Collection of David E. Harrold, Long Boat Key, Florida $2,000-4,000

740 A Continental Bronze Figure, after the Antique, 19th century, Venus di Milo, raised on a square base. Height 16 inches. $600-800 741 A Grand Tour Cased Set of Twenty Plaster Intaglios, depicting classical busts, profiles and various mythological scenes, the top of the case lined with paper giving the title of each. Width of widest intaglio 2 3/8 inches. $600-800

742 A Continental Neoclassical Bronze Figure, 18th/19th century, cast as a classically draped maiden, mounted on a conforming marble base. Height overall 14 1/4 inches. $600-800

743 Three Cast Metal Animalier Figures, comprising a figure of a dog raised on an onyx base, a model of a turtle with a baby turtle on its back and a model of a stork standing on a turtle. Height of tallest 11 3/4 inches. $200-400

744 A Collection of Five Continental Commemorative Bronze Medallions, early 20th century, each with a portrait of a gentleman, four with Cyrillic writing. Diameter of largest 2 3/8 inches. $200-400

745* A Polychrome Bronze Figural Hand Mirror, Romain de Tirtoff Erté (Russian, 1892-1990), Indo-China, depicting a standing maiden with outstretched arms suspending the beveled plate, stamped RK Parker 1985, 60/250, set in the original fitted case. Length 12 inches. Property from the Collection of John Robert Wiltgen, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

746 A Polychrome Bronze Figural Group, Romain de Tirtoff Erté (Russian, 1892-1990), Les Bijoux de Perle, depicting two standing maidens with outstretched arms, raised on a stepped base. Height 18 inches. $2,000-4,000

747 An Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Figure, Franz Bergman, (1861-1936), depicting a seated Native American wearing a headdress with a shield and a club, having Bergman glyph and numbered 3605 to underside. Height 4 inches. $500-700

748 An Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Figure, Franz Bergman (1861-1936), depicting a Native American wearing a headdress with a shield and a spear, having Bergman glyph and impressed Geschutz to base. Height 9 1/2 inches. $700-900

749 An Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Animalier Figure, depicting a cat in a standing pose. Width 4 3/4 inches. $300-500

750 A Bronze Figural Group, Carl Kauba (Austrian/ American, 1865-1922), cast as a Native American in full feather headdress with a tomahawk, astride a rearing horse over the naturalistic base, signed C. Kauba, further set on a rough hewn marble slab. Height of bronze 18 inches. $1,500-2,500

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751* Two Continental Cast Metal Figural Groups, after Emile Brouchon, Paix et Progres, each depicting Victory holding a flaming torch and Harvest holding a palm frond and a crown of laurel, raised on a stepped circular base. Height 27 1/2 inches (each). Property from the Estate of Grayce Haning, East Peoria, Illinois $400-600

752 A French Bronze Figure, Ferdinand Paurtrot (1832-1974), depicting a standing quail with a twig in its beak, raised on a naturalistic oval base. Height 10 inches. $400-600

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753 A French Patinated Bronze Animalier Figure, after Charles Valton, Passez au Large, depicting a bull dog chained to a sign post, signed Ch. Valton with Paris Exposition 1900 foundry mark. Height overall 13 5/8 inches. $1,000-2,000

754 A French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Group, Alexandre Schoenwerk (1820-1885), Les Bacchantes, depicting two draped maidens, one with a tambourine, the other with a coupe with a basket of spilled grapes at their feet, base signed Schoenwerk and Delafontaine. Height overall 23 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

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755 A Pair of French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figures, Emile Joseph Nestor Carlier (1849-1927), each cast as a classically robed male and female wine bearer, signed Carlier to base, raised on open scrolling foliate feet. Height overall 20 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

756 A French Patinated Bronze Figure, E. Picault, Virtues Civicae Ense et Labore, cast as a standing male figure with a sword and shield, a bundle of wheat and a hammer at his feet, signed E. Picault with Vrai foundry mark. Height overall 27 1/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

757 A French Bronze Figure, after Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810), L’Amour Prenant un Papillon, depicting a crouching Cupid reaching for a butterfly, raised on a rouge marble plinth base, inset on each side with a bronze relief plaques depicting putti. Height 19 3/8 inches. $3,000-5,000 758 A French Bronze Figural Group, Ary Jean Leon Bitter (1883-1973), depicting Hercules Battling the Nemean Lion, with a mold incised signature and Susse Frères foundry mark. Width 29 3/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida $6,000-8,000

759 A French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figure, 19th century, depicting a classically robed maiden with a torch, a book and a laurel wreath, standing beside a column listing classic poets, the base signed Sociétés des Bronzes. Height 21 inches. $1,000-2,000

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