Lot 50
  • 50

Daniel Chester French

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Daniel Chester French
  • Allegories for 'Architecture' and 'Painting and Sculpture': Two Bronzes
  • both, inscribed with initials D.C.F. and stamped with the ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. foundry mark
  • both, bronze, brown patina
  • both, height: 12 1/4 inches
  • (32 cm)

Provenance

Richard Morris Hunt, New York (possibly)
Private Collection (possibly by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014

Condition

both works are in good condition.
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