Live Auction 14193Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d'Azur
A PAIR OF PATINATED-BRONZE AND GILT-METAL FIGURES OF ATLAS
Lot 19

A PAIR OF PATINATED-BRONZE AND GILT-METAL FIGURES OF ATLAS

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 32,500

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A PAIR OF PATINATED-BRONZE AND GILT-METAL FIGURES OF ATLAS
One supporting a terrestrial globe, the other a celestial globe, each on a mahogany pedestal with Latin inscription
The figures: 52 in. (132 cm.) high; 93 in. (236 cm.) high, overall; 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) square

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 April 2008, lot 165.

Specialist note

A pair of figures of Atlas of the same design, but with slightly differing bases, sold at Christie's, New York, 24 September 1998, lot 70 ($95,000, exc. premium).