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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF EILEEN JOSTEN LOWE
Isidore Konti (American, 1862-1938)
Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeling Men): Bookends
Details
Isidore Konti (American, 1862-1938)
Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeling Men): Bookends
each inscribed '©/I. Konti,' (on the base); tamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/Q472' and numbered '28' (along the base)
each bronze with brown patina
each 6 ½ x 6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (16.5 x 15.5 x 10.5 cm.)
Modeled in 1911.
Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeling Men): Bookends
each inscribed '©/I. Konti,' (on the base); tamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/Q472' and numbered '28' (along the base)
each bronze with brown patina
each 6 ½ x 6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (16.5 x 15.5 x 10.5 cm.)
Modeled in 1911.
Provenance
Werner and Margaret Josten, New York.
Dr. Charles U. and Eileen Josten Lowe, Cambridge, MA.
Eileen Josten Lowe, Brooklyn.
Dr. Charles U. and Eileen Josten Lowe, Cambridge, MA.
Eileen Josten Lowe, Brooklyn.
Literature
The Hudson River Museum, The Sculpture of Isidore Konti 1862-1938, exhibition catalogue, Yonkers, New York, 1974, no. 42 (another example illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note this lot will now be offered subject to a reserve.