Modern Discoveries
Modern Discoveries
Sculpture from the Estate of Angela Gross Folk
Robert Aitken
Satyr and Nymph
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July 20, 04:56 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sculpture from the Estate of Angela Gross Folk
Robert Aitken
1878 - 1949
Satyr and Nymph
satyr: inscribed Aitken and Xoros (on the base); inscribed ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y- (along the base)
bronze
height: 19 in. on a 2 in. marble base
height: 48.3 cm. on a 5.1 cm. marble base
nymph: inscribed Aitken and Xoros (on the base); inscribed ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (along the base)
bronze
height: 16 ¾ in. on a 2 in. marble base
height: 47.6 cm. on a 5.1 cm. marble base
Lincoln Mayflower Gallery, Orange, New Jersey
Acquired from the above circa 1970s by the present owner
satyr: Lucy D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry, Atglen, Pennsylvania 2002, pp. 45 and 47, illustration of another cast
nymph: Exh. Cat., Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Jewel City: Art From San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 2015, no. 47, p. 173, illustration of another cast