LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina

Size Notes:

on a 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) marble base

Markings:

inscribed 'ALBERT-LAESSLE 1912 PHILA' (on the base)--inscribed 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (along the base)

Literature:

"Reviews and Notices," The International Studio, vol. 49, 1913, pp. 251, 255, another example illustrated. J.E.D. Trask, J.N. Laurvik, Catalogue De Luxe of the Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, exhibition catalogue, vol. 2, San Francisco, California, 1915, p. 440, no. 2508, another example referenced. W. Craven, Sculpture in America, Newark, New Jersey, 1968, p. 544. R.M. Peck, "Albert Laessle, American 'Animalier,'" American Art Review, vol. 3, January-February 1976, pp. 76, 78-79, 84, another example illustrated. J. Conner, J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture, Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 107, another example illustrated. T. Armstrong, An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts, New York, 2001, p. 147, illustrated.

Provenance:

The artist. Private collection, Clearwater, Florida, by descent. Gesner Fine Art, Largo, Florida, acquired from the above. [With]Richard York Gallery, New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996.