A.-Victor Fontaine

Lot 74: A. VICTOR FONTAINE

Name: A. VICTOR FONTAINE
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 975ed7621d

Est: $300,000 USD - $500,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USNovember 04, 2011

Item Overview

Description

FRENCH
ACTIVE 2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY
A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE SPHINXES
one signed V. FONTAINE/ fecit..., the other V.F.
bronze, brown patina, white marble
height 39 in.; length 61 in.; width 23 in.
99 cm; 155 cm; 58.5 cm

Artist or Maker

A.-Victor Fontaine

Literature

Emmanuel Benezit, Dictionary of Artists, vol. 5, Grund, Paris, 2006; The artists of the world : Bio-Bibliographical index A-Z, K.G. Saur Verlag, Munich, 1999; Paul Brune, Dictionnaire des Artistes de la Franche-Comte, France, 1912, for entries on the artist.

Provenance

sold Sotheby's New York, October 28, 1998, lot 256.

Auction Details

19th Century European Art

Sotheby's

November 04, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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