Lot Essay
For a discussion of this model, see G. Sudbury et al., Evgueni Alexandrovich Lanceray: le sculpteur russe du cheval, Paris, 2006, p. 99, illustrated (as 'Smoking Circassian').
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CAST BY CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, DATED 1870
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A Bronze Group of a Circassian on Horseback
Cast by Chopin after the model by Evgenii Lanceray, dated 1870
On a rectangular naturalistic base with canted corners, cast as a bearded man in a fur hat and sheepskin cloak, smoking a pipe and riding a horse, signed on base in Cyrillic 'E. LANCERAY' and with Cyrillic foundry mark 'F. Chopin' and finance ministry stamp dated 1870
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Cast by Chopin after the model by Evgenii Lanceray, dated 1870
On a rectangular naturalistic base with canted corners, cast as a bearded man in a fur hat and sheepskin cloak, smoking a pipe and riding a horse, signed on base in Cyrillic 'E. LANCERAY' and with Cyrillic foundry mark 'F. Chopin' and finance ministry stamp dated 1870
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
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