Lot 44
  • 44

A pair of patinated bronze figures of native Antilliais France, late 19th century, after models by Charles Cumberworth

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • patinated bronze
  • height of the tallest 26 1/2 in.
  • 67 cm
Formerly candelabra.

Catalogue Note

Cumberworth was likely born in the United States to an English father and French mother. For his style, Cumberworth is deeply indebted to his teacher, James Pradier, with whom he studied from 1829 to 1836. Side-lined by the Beaux-Arts system, Cumberworth naturally aligned himself with the emerging anti-academic sculptors of Romanticism in the 1830s, such as Feuchère, Dantan, Maindron and Barre.