Sale 9574
London, South Kensington
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27 February 2003
Price realised
GBP 3,055
Estimate
Two Meissen figures of a shepherd and shepherdess Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark to the back of each base Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, wearing a green feathered hat, blue coat and yellow breeches, she wears a hat with a blue ribbon, green jacket and pale lilac skirt edged with flowers, each seated, holding a posy, a hound and a sheep at their feet, on scroll-moulded bases (some damages and old restorations) 6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high max. (2)
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Offered to benefit a new scholarship initiative from Bennington College, this work distils the unique form of abstraction for which the artist would become famous
Ahead of the sale of portraits of four different muses, we focus on the women the artist came to depend on so passionately