Lot Essay
For the original wax model, see L.A. Dementieva, Album of Models by the Sculptor Eugene Lanceray, Moscow, 2011, pp. 72-73, 315-316, no. 21.
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CAST BY CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE MODEL OF A TROIKA
CAST BY CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Cast as two men and a child on a troika, the horses startled by two dogs in their path, on a detachable red velvet plinth applied with a plaque inscribed in Italian '1838 / 8 March / 1888', signed and dated on base in Cyrillic 'MADE [BY] E: LANCERE.' and with Cyrillic foundry marks 'F. CHOPIN'
17 1/8 in. (43.3 cm.) long
CAST BY CHOPIN AFTER THE MODEL BY EVGENII LANCERAY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Cast as two men and a child on a troika, the horses startled by two dogs in their path, on a detachable red velvet plinth applied with a plaque inscribed in Italian '1838 / 8 March / 1888', signed and dated on base in Cyrillic 'MADE [BY] E: LANCERE.' and with Cyrillic foundry marks 'F. CHOPIN'
17 1/8 in. (43.3 cm.) long
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