19th and 20th Century Sculpture

19th and 20th Century Sculpture

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ALBERT WEINERT | ALLEGORY OF MUSIC

Auction Closed

December 11, 11:50 AM GMT

Estimate

35,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

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ALBERT WEINERT

American

1863 - 1947

ALLEGORY OF MUSIC


signed and dated: A. WEINERT. SC. / 1924

white marble

196 by 110cm., 77⅛ by 43¼in

Albert Weinert moved to the United States in 1886, after attending the Royal Academy in Leipzig and the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He lived in San Francisco for a while, but finally settled in New York, opening a studio in the Bronx. Weinert is the author of several public monuments across the United States, including the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument in Chicago. The present lifesize marble owes much to earlier Neoclassicism, and further appears to have been inspired by the famous Cantoria (singers' gallery) by Luca della Robbia, originally in the Duomo in Florence.