Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931)
Sappho c1909
Estimate: $40000 - 50000
Sold For:
$36000 hammer
Description
Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931)
Sappho c1909
bronze
26.8 x 17.5 x 24.2 cm
inscribed on base: MACKENNAL
Provenance:
The Artist
Sydney Gilfillan Collection, New South Wales
Thence by decent, private collection, New South Wales
Reference:
Edwards, D., Bertram Mackennal, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp.68, 70,71 (illus. another example), catalogue in accompanying CD-Rom, view 1900s (illus. another example)
Related Works:
Sappho 1909, Carrara marble statuette on onyx base, 28.7 x 16.5 x 23.8cm, collection of The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, illus. in Edwards, D., op. cit.
Estimate: $40000 - 50000
Result Hammer: $36000