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      • DORA OHLFSEN (1877 - 1948), LT. GEN. SIR JOHN MONASH. G.C.M.G., K.G.B., D.C.L., L.L.D. GALLIPOLI. MESSINES. PASCHENDALE. AMIENS. HAMEL. PERONNE. BULLICOURT. 1914 - 1919, large brass medallion with Monash's profile and text in relief, signed DORA OHL
        May. 26, 2024

        DORA OHLFSEN (1877 - 1948), LT. GEN. SIR JOHN MONASH. G.C.M.G., K.G.B., D.C.L., L.L.D. GALLIPOLI. MESSINES. PASCHENDALE. AMIENS. HAMEL. PERONNE. BULLICOURT. 1914 - 1919, large brass medallion with Monash's profile and text in relief, signed DORA OHL

        Est: $5,000 - $8,000

        DORA OHLFSEN (1877 - 1948), LT. GEN. SIR JOHN MONASH. G.C.M.G., K.G.B., D.C.L., L.L.D. GALLIPOLI. MESSINES. PASCHENDALE. AMIENS. HAMEL. PERONNE. BULLICOURT. 1914 - 1919, large brass medallion with Monash's profile and text in relief, signed DORA OHLFSEN, LONDON 1919" at base, 27cm diameter. Adela Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge (22 August 1869 – 7 February 1948), known professionally as Dora Ohlfsen, was an Australian sculptor and art medallist. Working mostly in Italy, her first prominent work was a bronze medallion, The Awakening of Australian Art (1907), which won an award at the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition in London and was purchased for the Petit Palais in Paris. Other notable works include the Anzac Medal (1916), created to raise funds for Australians and New Zealanders who fought in the Gallipoli campaign, and Sacrifice (1926), the war memorial in Formia, Italy. Ohlfsen's portrait medallions were commissioned by or on behalf of a wide range of public figures, such as the actor Mary Anderson, the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, and several politicians, including H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, Billy Hughes, and Mussolini, who allowed her to sketch him in 1922 at the Palazzo Chigi while he worked.  In 1948 Ohlfsen and her lifelong partner, Hélène de Kuegelgen, were found dead in their apartment in Rome as a result of a gas leak, deemed by the police to have been an accident. The women were buried together in the city's non-Catholic cemetery, and friends packed up the contents of Ohlfsen's studio, which have never been traced. Only twenty-five of her works are known to have survived, out of at least 121.

        Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
      • OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Cardinal William Henry O'Connell (Boston)' 1911. High relief bronze. Signed 'Gvlielmvs Archiepiscopvs B
        Oct. 18, 2020

        OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Cardinal William Henry O'Connell (Boston)' 1911. High relief bronze. Signed 'Gvlielmvs Archiepiscopvs B

        Est: $100 - $200

        OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Cardinal William Henry O'Connell (Boston)' 1911. High relief bronze. Signed 'Gvlielmvs Archiepiscopvs Bostoniensis MCMVII; Anno Centesimo Dioeceseos Feliciter Peracto / Vigor in Ardvis.' Provenance: Art Gallery of NSW; Gardner Museum (USA); Yale University; Harvard Art Museum. Aquired: from private collector, 2000. (Dia. 6cm)

        Davidson Auctions
      • OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Cardinal William Henry O'Connell (Boston)' 1911. High relief bronze. Signed 'Gvlielmvs Archiepiscopvs B
        Aug. 16, 2020

        OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Cardinal William Henry O'Connell (Boston)' 1911. High relief bronze. Signed 'Gvlielmvs Archiepiscopvs B

        Est: $250 - $450

        OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Cardinal William Henry O'Connell (Boston)' 1911. High relief bronze. Signed 'Gvlielmvs Archiepiscopvs Bostoniensis MCMVII; Anno Centesimo Dioeceseos Feliciter Peracto / Vigor in Ardvis.' Provenance: Art Gallery of NSW; Gardner Museum (USA); Yale University; Harvard Art Museum. Aquired: from private collector, 2000. (Dia. 6cm)

        Davidson Auctions
      • OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Angel - Prego Per Te,' c1910. Bronze with green patina, ed. 1/11. Signed 'Dora Ohlfsen 1/11' (at back o
        Aug. 16, 2020

        OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Angel - Prego Per Te,' c1910. Bronze with green patina, ed. 1/11. Signed 'Dora Ohlfsen 1/11' (at back o

        Est: $600 - $1,000

        OHLFSEN, Dora (1869-1948) 'Angel - Prego Per Te,' c1910. Bronze with green patina, ed. 1/11. Signed 'Dora Ohlfsen 1/11' (at back on base). Acquired: from Davidson Auctions, 2011. (H15cm W9.5cm D15cm)

        Davidson Auctions
      • Dora Ohlfsen (1877-1948) Mary Anderson (1859-1940), Broadway 1906 Cast lead medallion
        Apr. 12, 2015

        Dora Ohlfsen (1877-1948) Mary Anderson (1859-1940), Broadway 1906 Cast lead medallion

        Est: $400 - $600

        Dora Ohlfsen (1877-1948) Mary Anderson (1859-1940), Broadway 1906 Cast lead medallion Signed & dated lower right Dia. 9 cm LITERATURE: Miss Ohlfsen (born in Ballarat) is well known as a Sydney woman of distinguished talent, whose career in sculpture and painting has led to a resi- dence of many years in Rome, broken by visits to Loudon, and at long intervals by a renewal of life-long friendships in this city. Her return here after an absence of seven years is mainly in connection with the sale of her beautifully designed Anzac medal, in aid of disabled soldiers of Australia and New Zealand. This medal is included in the pre- sent exhibition, as also the much admired "Awakening of Australian Art." The latter was placed about nine years ago in the Petit Palais Museum, Paris, together with her por- trait of Gabriele d'Annunzio, the great Italian poet. Sydney Morning Herals Nov 9, 1920 OTHER NOTES: Mary Anderson was an American actress.

        Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
      • Dora Ohlfsen, Australian (1877-1948) An early 20th century bronze head of a girl
        Jul. 05, 2011

        Dora Ohlfsen, Australian (1877-1948) An early 20th century bronze head of a girl

        Est: £300 - £500

        dark brown patination, inscribed to the inside Dora Ohlfsen, raised on a Yellow Safra marble plinth, 57cm high

        Bonhams
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