Lot Essay
For a comparable group, see Sotheby's, London, June 12, 2008, lot 689.
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A BRONZE GROUP OF A YUPIK ON A REINDEER-DRAWN SLEIGH
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY NIKOLAI LIEBERICH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE GROUP OF A YUPIK ON A REINDEER-DRAWN SLEIGH
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY NIKOLAI LIEBERICH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On an octagonal base, realistically cast as a Yupik aboard a sleigh, drawn by four reindeer galloping through snow, signed in Cyrillic on base 'N. LIEBERICH', with foundry mark 'FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL/ST. PETERSBOURG'
35½ in. (90.2 cm.) wide
CAST BY WOERFFEL AFTER THE MODEL BY NIKOLAI LIEBERICH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On an octagonal base, realistically cast as a Yupik aboard a sleigh, drawn by four reindeer galloping through snow, signed in Cyrillic on base 'N. LIEBERICH', with foundry mark 'FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL/ST. PETERSBOURG'
35½ in. (90.2 cm.) wide
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