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    • Polygnotos Vagis, Heracles Bronze Fountain
      Sep. 16, 2017

      Polygnotos Vagis, Heracles Bronze Fountain

      Est: $1,500 - $2,500

      Polygnotos G. Vagis, Greek, 1894-1965, Bronze Standing Figure of Heracles strangling a snake as a boy, signed and dated 1925 and plumbed for a fountain. The water would emerge from the cup held aloft. NOTE: There is a museum in Putamia on the Greek Island of Thasos dedicated to the work of Polygnotos Vagis. Vagis work is also in the Collections of Whitney & Brooklyn Museums. Herakles had various encounters with snakes during his lifetime. As a baby he strangled snakes in his crib sent by a vengeful Hera to kill him. {KIPO6503} (WT )

      Litchfield Auctions
    • Polygnotos G. Vagis 1894-1965 Bronze Christ Head
      Jul. 22, 2017

      Polygnotos G. Vagis 1894-1965 Bronze Christ Head

      Est: $1,500 - $2,500

      Polygnotos G. Vagis, 1894-1965, Bronze Christ Head, signed and dated 1925. NOTE: There is a museum in Putamia on the Greek Island of Thasos dedicated to the work of Polygnotos Vagis. Vagis work is also in the Collections of Whitney & Brooklyn Museums. (KIPO6505) {WT}

      Litchfield Auctions
    • Polygnotos Vagis, Heracles Bronze Fountain
      Jul. 22, 2017

      Polygnotos Vagis, Heracles Bronze Fountain

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      Polygnotos G. Vagis, Greek, 1894-1965, Bronze Standing Figure of Heracles strangling a snake as a boy, signed and dated 1925 and plumbed for a fountain. The water would emerge from the cup held aloft. NOTE: There is a museum in Putamia on the Greek Island of Thasos dedicated to the work of Polygnotos Vagis. Vagis work is also in the Collections of Whitney & Brooklyn Museums. Herakles had various encounters with snakes during his lifetime. As a baby he strangled snakes in his crib sent by a vengeful Hera to kill him. (KIPO6503) {WT}

      Litchfield Auctions
    • Polygnotos Vagis American/Greek, 1894-1965 Sleep, 1931
      Jun. 24, 2015

      Polygnotos Vagis American/Greek, 1894-1965 Sleep, 1931

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      Polygnotos Vagis American/Greek, 1894-1965 Sleep, 1931 Signed -By-/Polygnotos/Vagis, dated with copyright symbol 1931 and inscribed The Thasian in Greek Quartz, on a wood base Height without base 12 1/2 inches Provenance: Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors Inc., New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 55.104 (acquired from the above in 1955) Exhibited: New York, Hugo Gallery, 1946 Levittown, NY, Levittown Art Festival, 1951 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual Exhibition, 1954, no. 61 New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, 1955 New York, Queens Museum of Art, Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century, Oct. 6, 1999 - Jan. 30, 2000, no. 67 C Property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

      DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
    • VAGIS POLYGNOTOS, GREEK 1894-1965
      May. 10, 2004

      VAGIS POLYGNOTOS, GREEK 1894-1965

      Est: £600 - £800

      two, one incised stone

      Sotheby's
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