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Property from a Distinguished Gentleman
Isidore Konti (1862-1938)
Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeling Men): Bookends
Details
Isidore Konti (1862-1938)
Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeling Men): Bookends
each, inscribed '©/I. Konti,' (on the base)--stamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/Q472' and numbered '#37' (along the base)
each, bronze with brown patina
each, 6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
(2)Modeled in 1911.
Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeling Men): Bookends
each, inscribed '©/I. Konti,' (on the base)--stamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/Q472' and numbered '#37' (along the base)
each, bronze with brown patina
each, 6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
(2)Modeled in 1911.
Provenance
Private collection, New York; sold, Christie's, New York, 20 March 1987, lot 131.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
The Hudson River Museum, The Sculpture of Isidore Konti 1862-1938, exhibition catalogue, Yonkers, New York, 1974, no. 42, another example illustrated.