Two Centuries: American Art
Two Centuries: American Art
Property from a Pennsylvania Collection
Adolph Alexander Weinman
Descending Night
Lot Closed
October 6, 06:56 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Pennsylvania Collection
Adolph Alexander Weinman
1870 - 1952
Descending Night
inscribed A.A.WEINMAN FECIT and ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y- (along the base); also numbered No 14 (beneath the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
height: 26 ¼ inches (66.7 cm)
Modeled circa 1914; cast by 1917.
Macklowe Gallery, Ltd., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1979
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1979
Daniel Robbins, "Statues to Sculpture: From the Nineties to the Thirties," 200 Years of American Sculpture, New York, 1976, p. 115, no. 151, another example illustrated