Live Auction 5957Christie's Interiors
A GERMAN BRONZE OF MODEL OF HERCULES AND THE STYMPHALIAN BIRD
Lot 249

A GERMAN BRONZE OF MODEL OF HERCULES AND THE STYMPHALIAN BIRD

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER JOSEPH UPHUES (1850-1911)

Closed27 July 2010

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A GERMAN BRONZE OF MODEL OF HERCULES AND THE STYMPHALIAN BIRD
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER JOSEPH UPHUES (1850-1911)
Inscribed 'J.Uphues' and 'Akt.Ges.vorm: M.Gladenbeck u.Sohn', on a verde antico marble base
25½ in. (65 cm.) high

Specialist note

Joseph Uphues studied under R. Begas at the Berlin Academy and sculpted many monuments in Berlin and other German cities. He won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.