Live Auction 15492The Collector: Silver & 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
ARTHUR WAAGEN (GERMAN, 1833-1898)
Lot 741 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

ARTHUR WAAGEN (GERMAN, 1833-1898)

Kabyle au retour de la chasse (Kabyle coming back from the hunt)

Closed14 November 2018

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GBP 15,000

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ARTHUR WAAGEN (GERMAN, 1833-1898)
Kabyle au retour de la chasse (Kabyle coming back from the hunt)
signed ' Waagen sculp' and with title plaque inscribed 'KABYLE AU RETOUR DE LA CHASSE/ Par Waagen (Sculptr)'
bronze, polychome patinated
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 30 ¼ in. (76.5 cm.) wide; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
Conceived circa 1869.
This bronze circa 1875.

Specialist note

Born in East Prussia (now Lithuania), Arthur Waagen (d. 1898) pursued his career as a sculptor in Paris where he set up his studio at 40, Cours-de-Vincennes. He was renowned for his fine and realistic modelling, and produced a series of groups with a North African flavour, exhibiting at the Salon from 1869 to 1887. The present group of a Berber tribesman, also known as Chasseur arabe or Cavalier aux chiens, was conceived circa 1870. A fine example of the Orientalist genre, it is the artist's most prominent and successful model. Another cast is in the Dahesh Museum, New York.