Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Property from a Private American Collector
Workshop of Jean-Antoine Houdon (Versailles 1741 - 1828 Paris), dated 1778
Bust of Benjamin Franklin
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Lot Details
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Property from a Private American Collector
Workshop of Jean-Antoine Houdon (Versailles 1741 - 1828 Paris)
Bust of Benjamin Franklin
signed on the right shoulder houdon f. 1778
plaster
height: 22 ½ in.; 57.1 cm
Please refer to the provenance online as the most up to date.
Collection of a descendant of the sculptor;
With Jonce I. McGurk, New York (1893-1946);
Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934);
His estate sale Parke Bernet Galleries, 23 September 1948, lot 418;
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 January 2003, lot 237.