FRANÇOIS LÉON SICARD
1862-1934
Oedipus Vanquishing the Sphinx (original model, 1903)
Estimate $12,000 – $18,000
IMPORTANT ART FROM THE JOHN SCHAEFFER AO COLLECTION
FRANÇOIS LÉON SICARD
1862-1934
Oedipus Vanquishing the Sphinx (original model, 1903)
gilded bronze
signed and inscribed 'F Sicard / F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur.' on base
70 cm high
- Lot Sold $14,000 (Hammer Price)
- $17,080 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection
19th & 20th Century European Sculpture, Sotheby's, London, 12 June 2006, lot 87, illustrated
Mr John Schaeffer AO, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Victorian Visions: Nineteenth Century Art from the John Schaeffer Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 May – 29 August 2010, no. 42, illustrated
Literature
Richard Beresford, Victorian Visions: Nineteenth Century Art from the John Schaeffer Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 148, 149 (illustrated)
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