Lot 199
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Bronze and stone maquette for the Monument to General Suvorov
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Bronze and stone maquette for the Monument to General Suvorov

BY BORIS VIL'IAMOVICH EDUARDS, CIRCA 1919

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Bronze and stone maquette for the Monument to General Suvorov
by Boris Vil'iamovich Eduards, circa 1919
The rectangular stone and bronze plinth supporting the General in victrious pose; together with a framed photograph of the sculptor with the work in progress and a medal celebrating the completed monument
23 1/8 in. (83 cm.) high
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Boris Vil'iamovich Eduards born in Odessa 1860, died in exile in Malta 1924.

The original monument was destroyed during World War II, but a mounted statuette in plaster 43 x 13.3 x 30 cm. is in the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, no.831.

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