Lot 94: ALBIN POLASEK 1879-1965 FOREST IDYLL

inscribed ALBIN POLASEK 1924 with copyright and stamped with the Roman Bronze Works NY foundry mark

bronze, green patina

Condition Note: In good condition, generally; dirty, dusty

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PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Chicago (by 1925)
By descent to the present owner

CATALOGUE NOTE

Born in Moravia, Albin Polasek immigrated to the United States in 1901where he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1916 he became the head of the sculpture department of the Art Institute of Chicago. A larger version of Woodland Idyll is in the collection of Brookgreen Gardens, Pawley's Island, South Carolina. Another stands in front of the City Hall in Winter Park Florida where the Albin Polasek Museum is located.

height: 25 1/2 in. 64.8 cm.<br><br>width: 19 1/2 in. 49.5 cm.