Lot 100: Julia M. Bracken Wendt (1871-1942) Portrait relief of René T. de Quélin 10 x 7 1/2in

Julia M. Bracken Wendt (1871-1942)
Portrait relief of René T. de Quélin inscribed 'JULIA BRACKEN WENDT' within the composition (lower center)bronze with dark brown patina10 x 7 1/2inModeled circa 1909.

Literature: J.A. Walker, Documents on the Life and Art of William Wendt, California's Painter Laureate of the Paysage moralise, Big Pine, 1992, p. 90, another example referenced. René Théophile de Quélin (1854-1932) was a native of Brittany, France, and immigrated to America around 1880. He worked in a variety of locations, most notably St. Gaudens National Park in Cornish, New Hampshire and the Louis Comfort Tiffany studio in New York City where he was the head designer from 1895 to 1922.11