Lot 125: [POE, EDGAR ALLAN.] ZOLNAY, GEORGE JULIAN, sculpto

[POE, EDGAR ALLAN.] ZOLNAY, GEORGE JULIAN, sculptor. 1863-1949. Patinated Bronze Bust of Edgar Allan Poe, modeled gazing down slightly to his left, incised title to front “Edgar Allan Poe,” with Roman Bronze Works N.Y. foundry mark and incised “G.J. Zolnay SC” and “copyright 1898,” raised on a later green serpentine columnar pedestal, height of bronze 10 inches. Rubbing to patination overall, more noticeable at the high points, bronze slightly offset where it sits on column, two corners of pedestal restored. The bust was commissioned by the University of Virginia to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Poe’s death. The Hungarian-born sculptor Zolnay moved to the United States in 1893 and became known as the “Sculptor of the Confederacy” after producing several statues and memorials of notable Confederate figures.