ATTRIBUTED TO ANTHONY REDMILE, CIRCA 1960

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A PAIR OF LARGE GILT-METAL, HORN AND HARDSTONE-MOUNTED BRONZED STAGS
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTHONY REDMILE, CIRCA 1960
Each modelled in the form of a stag mounted with a pair of antlers and adorned with various hardstones, atop a palm tree on a rectangular base decorated with further hardstones
55 in. (140 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Provenance

By repute Charles de Beistegui, Palazzo Labia, Venice.

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Lot Essay

Charles de Beistegui (1895-1970), the heir to a Mexican silver fortune, was one of the most celebrated society figures and taste-makers of the 20th Century, and was equally famous for his legendary parties (such as 'Le Bal Oriental’ held at the Palazzo Labia in Venice in 1951) as for the extraordinary interiors he created at his many residences. He bought the château de Groussay (originally built in 1815 for the Duchesse de Charost) in 1939. Beistegui had a flair for the theatrical and in collaboration with the celebrated Cuban-born architect Emilio Terry (1890-1969), and his assistant Michel Desbrosses, designed elaborately themed rooms and garden follies in a grand neoclassical style.

The antlers are also reminiscent of the headdress worn by Marie-Hélène de Rothschild at the occasion of the equally celebrated 'Bal Surréaliste’ held by herself and her husband Baron Guy de Rothschild at the Château de Ferrières on 12 December 1972.

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