19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
THOMAS BALL, AFTER CHARLES-ANTOINE BRIDAN (1730-1805) | SMALL BOY PLAYING WITH A BIRD
Auction Closed
July 10, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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THOMAS BALL, AFTER CHARLES-ANTOINE BRIDAN (1730-1805)
American
1819-1911
SMALL BOY PLAYING WITH A BIRD
signed: T. BALL. SC / 1872
white marble
75cm., 29½in.
The present model was conceived by Charles-Antoine Bridan in the late 18th century - see A. Laing, 'A Bird in the Hand...', in A. Gonzalez-Palacios (ed.) Antologia di Belle Arti: La Scultura II, Turin, 1996, pp. 154-165, fig. 2