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Alfred Laliberté 1878 - 1953

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 CAD
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Description

  • Alfred Laliberté
  • Le Mortaiseur
  • signed A. Laliberté, titled and with foundry mark Modern Art Fdry n.y. on the base
  • bronze
  • 51.4 by 27.9 by 41.3 cm.
  • 20 ¼ by 11 by 16 ¼ in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Montreal

Literature

Les Bronzes d'Alfred Laliberté, Collection du Musée de Québec, 1976, p. 36, no. 16 for Le Mortaiseur, reproduced

Catalogue Note

Many of Laliberté's sculptures depict traditional tasks of the Québecois at the turn of the 19th century.  The "Modern Art Fdry N.Y." mark, which is prior to 1940, is very rare.   Only two or three such casts are believed to have been made.