Lot 196
  • 196

Chauncey Bradley Ives American, 1810 - 1894

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Chauncey Bradley Ives
  • Sans Souci
  • signed C.B. IVES. FECIT. / ROMÆ 1864
  • white marble, on original revolving red levanto rouge and white marble oval pedestal
  • sculpture height 37 1/2 in; total height on pedestal 66 1/2 in.
  • 95 cm; 169 cm
white marble, signed C.B. IVES. FECIT. / ROMÆ 1864 on original revolving red levanto rouge and white marble oval pedestal

Provenance

Alden Villa, Cornwall, Pennsylvania, designed by Stamford White in 1881, the contents sold by auction in 1949.
Private collection, Pennsylvania.

Condition

Overall very good condition. The sculpture has much dirt in the recesses and will benefit from a good clean. There is one chip to the back of the girl's hair. The pedestal is in good condition, with numerous small chips to the edges, and one larger chip reinstated.
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