Lot Essay
An example of the present model was included in Diederich's first one-man show at the Kingore Galleries, New York, from April 20 to May 12, 1920.
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'Apres Midi d'un Faun'
Details
Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (1884-1953)
'Apres Midi d'un Faun'
inscribed 'WHD 1914' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (on the base)
bronze with reddish brown patina
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high; on a marble base, ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
'Apres Midi d'un Faun'
inscribed 'WHD 1914' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (on the base)
bronze with reddish brown patina
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high; on a marble base, ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
Literature
C. Brinton, Diederich Exhibition, Catalogue of the First American Exhibition of Sculpture by Hunt Diederich, New York, 1920, pp. 2, 13, no. 4, illustration of another example
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 ed., p. 274
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 ed., p. 274