FRANÇOIS LÉON SICARD
1862-1934

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE JOHN SCHAEFFER AO COLLECTION, SYDNEY

FRANÇOIS LÉON SICARD

1862-1934
Oedipus Vanquishing the Sphinx (Original Model, 1903)

gilded bronze
signed and inscribed 'F. Sicard/F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur.' on base
70cm high

• Lot Sold $55,000 (Hammer Price)
• $68,750 (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
Important Art from The John Schaeffer AO Collection, Sotheby's Australia, 29 April 2018, lot 44, illustrated
Private Collection, 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)