Lot 79: ABASTENIA ST. LEGER EBERLE (1878-1942) Windy Doorstep inscribed ‘A. St. L.

ABASTENIA ST. LEGER EBERLE (1878-1942) Windy Doorstep inscribed ‘A. St. L. Eberle / 1910’ and stamped ‘CIRE PERDUE / E CARVILLANI’ (on the base) bronze with dark brown patina 14in high

Provenance Macbeth Gallery, New York Mr. & Mrs. William Porter Chapman, acquired from the above, circa 1910 Private collection, by descent. Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, April 8, 2011, lot 116. Acquired by the present owner from the above. Literature A.S.L. Eberle, The East Side in Sculpture, New York, 1921, n.p., another example illustrated. J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Houston, Texas, 1989, pp. 29-30, another example illustrated. Exhibited Albany, New York, Albany Institute of History and Art, and elsewhere, A Family Collection: Drawings, Sculptures and Oils by American Artists, Selected from the Collection of Lucille and Walter Fillin and their Children, July 9, 1962-April 7, 1963, n.p., no. 25, illustrated (as Brooklyn Bridge). 9293