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seraphim soudbinine (1870-1944), a silvered bronze portrait bust of alexandre scriabine (1872-1915)
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- height 10 5/8 in. 27 cm including black marble pedestal base
inscribed with signature, Biarritz, (19)09, and with foundry mark of Alexis Rudier, Paris.
Condition
good detail
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This bust, modeled from a plaster original currently housed in the collection of the Glinka State Museum of Musical Culture in Moscow, was immediately exhibited to great acclaim in both bronze and silver versions at the Sixth and Seventh Exhibitions of the Union of Russian Artists (Soiuz russkikh khudozhnikov). An identical version in silvered bronze is in the collection of the State Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow. See M. M. Kolpachki, Skulptura i risunki skulptorov kontsa XIX-nachala XX veka. Katalog, Moscow, 1977, p. 579.