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ANDREW O'CONNOR | Pro Patria
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Andrew O'Connor II
- Pro Patria
- inscribed O'CONNOR and (3) (in two places along the base); stamped CIRE/PERDUE/H.H. HEBARD (on the base)
- bronze with brown patina
- height: 25 inches (63.5 cm)
- Cast in 1902.
Provenance
Private collection, 1986
Exhibited
New York, Jacques Seligman & Co., Exhibition of the Works of the Sculptor Andrew O'Connor, 1917, p. 35, illustrated
Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Board Building, Beaux-Arts to Moderne—Roots of Modern Sculpture, June-August 1993
Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Board Building, Beaux-Arts to Moderne—Roots of Modern Sculpture, June-August 1993
Literature
Helène Desmaroux, L'Oeuvre du Sculpteur O’Connor, Paris, France, 1927, p. 25, illustrated
Millard F. Rogers, Jr., Sketches and Bozzetti by American Sculptors 1800-1950, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1987, fig. 275, p. 175, illustrated
Millard F. Rogers, Jr., Sketches and Bozzetti by American Sculptors 1800-1950, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1987, fig. 275, p. 175, illustrated
Condition
Please contact Charlotte Mitchell in the American Art department at (212) 606 7280 or charlotte.mitchell@sothebys.com for this condition report.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Pro Patria is a study for a life-size stone memorial in Arlington Memorial Cemetery in Virginia, which honors Colonel Emerson Liscum of the 9th Infantry Regiment who was killed in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.