LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina

Measurements:

11.50 in. (29.21 cm.) (height) by 15.00 in. (38.10 cm.) (width) by 11.00 in. (27.94 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in ligature and dated 'APutnam 1902' and inscribed 'Copyright 1912 by A. Putnam' along with foundry mark 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (along the base)

Literature:

Julie Helen Heyneman, Arthur Putnam, Sculptor, San Francisco: Johnck & Seeger, 1932, p. 165 (full page illustration, different cast pictured)

Provenance:

Private collection, San Francisco, California; Charles Phillip Johnson, San Francisco, circa 1950 (gift from the above); Thence by descent