Lot 137
  • 137

Mahonri Mackintosh Young

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Mahonri Mackintosh Young
  • The Branding Iron
  • inscribed MAHONRI (with the artist's fingerprint) and with the ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. foundry mark
  • bronze, dark brown patina on a 3/4 inch painted wood base
  • height: 15 1/4 inches
  • (38.8 cm)
  • Executed circa 1924.

Exhibited

Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Mahonri Young Retrospective, 1940, no. 13, p. 13

Condition

Bronze with dark brown patina on a 3/4 inch painted wood base. In generally good condition aside from surface dust, a few areas of rubbing, a few scattered areas of faint pitting.
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