19th & 20th Century Sculpture

19th & 20th Century Sculpture

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Alfred Stevens

Pair of seated male figures

Lot Closed

July 12, 11:04 AM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Alfred Stevens

British

1817 - 1875

Pair of seated male figures


bronze

38.5cm., 15 1/8 in. each

Stevens' energetic bronzes, inspired by Italian renaissance form and movement, were originally conceived to decorate firedogs, made for Messrs Henry E. Hoole & Co, Sheffield. Plaster versions of the present figures are in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (inv. no. A.26:1-1911).