A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN IBEX

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN IBEX
CAST FROM A MODEL BY JAMES LIPPIT CLARK, AMERICAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Inscribed 'JAS.L.CLARK. ©29' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WKS. INC.' ----- 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high, rich teal patina

Provenance

Anon. sale (Christie's New York, November 20, 1990, lot 409)

Lot Essay

Clark exhibited an example of his Ibex in 1930 at the Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design where it was awarded the Speyser Memorial Prize for best sculpture of an animal. The teal color of the present example was popular in the 1930s and 1940s.

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