Lot 114
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Josef Mario Korbel (1882-1954)

'Night', A Bronze Figure

Details
Josef Mario Korbel (1882-1954)
'Night', A Bronze Figure
inscribed 'MARIO KORBEL' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-'
23¾in. (60cm.) long, rich greenish brown patina
Literature
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 98-99, illus.

Comparative Literature
B. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 ed., p. 234

Lot Essay

Korbel made three versions of Night, the first of which was conceived in 1920 as a polychrome stone figure. A second carving, a life-size marble, was commissioned by Nicholas F. Brady for his Long Island estate, which the artist completed during his sojourn in Prague from 1921-1923. The last verion, also a life-size marble, is dated 1933 and was given to Brookgreen Gardens in 1934 by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington.