拍品 111
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Charles Robert Knight (1874-1953)
Charles Robert Knight (1874-1953)

Pushing Elephants: A Pair of Bookends

细节
Charles Robert Knight (1874-1953)
Pushing Elephants: A Pair of Bookends
each, inscribed 'Chas R Knight' and stamped 'FOUNDRY B. ZOPPO. N.Y.' (along the base)
each, bronze with brown patina
each, 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

A painter and illustrator as well as a sculptor, Charles R. Knight studied at the Art Students League in New York. An animalier, he is perhaps best known in New York for his murals of prehistoric animals and men at the American Museum of Natural History where he worked under Carl Akeley.