BERTRAM MACKENNAL (1863-1931)
Circe 1893 [statuette cast 1902-04]
Estimate: $80000 - 100000
Sold For:
$70000 hammer
Description
BERTRAM MACKENNAL (1863-1931)
Circe 1893 [statuette cast 1902-04]
bronze
57.0 cm height
inscribed in base: KIP KH B MACKENNAL
Provenance:
Private collection, Cologne Germany
Exhibited:
Bertram Mackennal: The Fifth Balnaves Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 August - 4 November 2007; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 30 November 2007 - 24 February 2008 (another example)
Reference:
There are numerous references to Bertram Mackennal's Circe the most recent:
Edwards, D., Bertram Mackennal, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp.31-34, 168-71, 211, and catalogue in accompanying CD-Rom (illus. pp.30, 211 [detail], another example)
Related Works:
Circe 1893, bronze, Paris 1901, 240.0 x 79.4 x 93.4 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, 1910
Circe (statuette, c1902-04), bronze, 57.0 x 27.0 x 21.8 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Estimate: $80000 - 100000
Result Hammer: $70000
Location
VIEWING MELBOURNE
27 - 30 November 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling St.,
SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141
VIEWING SYDNEY
4 - 9 December 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue
KENSINGTON NSW 2033