Live Auction 10652Christie's Interiors
AN EARLY VICTORIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF IRIS ASCENDING
Lot 23

AN EARLY VICTORIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF IRIS ASCENDING

AFTER WILLIAM BOYNTON KIRK, DATED 1847

Closed21 July 2015

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GBP 1,500

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF IRIS ASCENDING
AFTER WILLIAM BOYNTON KIRK, DATED 1847
With inscription to the reverse 'MODELLED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ART-UNION BY W.B.KIRK AND EXECUTED IN BRONZE BY J.A.HATFIELD 1847'

21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

William Boynton Kirk (1824-1900) produced this model of Iris Ascending in 1847 for the Art Union of London. This is a reduction of the marble statue executed in 1844 which is now housed in Marlborough House.