Lot 49: JONATHAN SCOTT HARTLEY (1845-1912)

"WHIRLWIND", A BRONZE FEMALE FIGURE inscribed " J S Hartley Sc 1896, " WHIRLWIND and " Cast by A. T. Lorme NY. " 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm.) high, greenish brown patina LITERATURE M. E. Shapiro, " Bronze Casting and American Sculpture 1850-1900, " Newark, N.J., 1985, pp. 101, 167-168 " Whirlwind " was first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1878. A second version, similar to the present cast, was exhibited in 1896. Another example of the model, cast by the Bureau Brothers, was sold in these Rooms, May 23, 1990, lot 63. Anthony T. Lorme was the foreman of the finishing department at the Henry- Bonnard foundry for ten years. From 1894-1896, he and the foreman of its foundry department, Ernest Aubry, operated their own business. The present bronze is a rare example of casting by this shortlived partnership.