Sappho c1909

Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931)

Sappho c1909

bronze on marble base
33.0 x 17.5 x 23.5 cm (including base)

signed to base: Mackennal

Provenance:

The artist Sydney Gilfillan Collection, New South Wales Thence by descent, private collection, New South Wales Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 23 September 2009, lot 54 Private collection, Sydney

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 23.8 cm, collection of The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, illus. in Edwards, D., op. cit.

Estimate: $40000 - 50000

Result Hammer: $38000