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Lot 382

A FRENCH BRONZE ALLEGORICAL GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF INDUSTRY, CAST FROM A MODEL BY EMILE LOUIS PICAULT (1833-1915), LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The naturalistic base inscribed 'E. PICAULT' on a square canted vert maurin marble base above a conforming mahogany pedestal.
Height 75cm (excluding pedestal)

Estimate $12,000 - $18,000

Sold for $13,000

Overall in Very Good Condition
- paint spots on figures's lower legs and feet
-drilled hole to right figure's hand, consistent with time of creation and thus indicating lost emblem of industry
- In excellent original dark patination


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.


Christie's London, The Opulent Eye, 10 September 2013, lot 49

The Collection of the Late John Schaeffer AO

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8381
1:00pm - 25 August 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Thursday 20 - Monday 24 August, 10am - 4pm

Auction:
Session 1: 1:00pm (Lots 1-254)
Session 2: 6:00pm (Lots 300-517)

CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au


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