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A Bronze Group of a Troika

CAST BY CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, DATED 1873

Fermé23 April 2010

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A Bronze Group of a Troika
Cast by Chopin after the model by Evgenii Lanceray, dated 1873
On an oblong naturalistic base, cast as two men and a child in a troika, the horses startled by two dogs in their path, signed on base in Cyrillic 'E. LANCERE 1873' and with Cyrillic foundry mark 'F. CHOPIN' and Finance Ministry stamp dated 1873
17 in. (43.2 cm.) long

Note du spécialiste

For a discussion of this model, see G. Sudbury, et al., Evgueni Alexandrovich Lanceray: Le Sculpteur Russe du cheval, Paris, 2006, p. 113, illustrated (as 'Troïka sur le départ').