Lot 42: Gra Rueb (Dutch, 1885-1972)

A deer
signed with artist's monogram to underside
bronze with a black patina
27 cm. high
Conceived in 1939, cast in an unknown edition

For comparison see:
C. Veth, De beeldhouweres Gra Rueb, The Hague, 1946 (ill. on frontcover), for the same figure in wood
Exhibition catalogue Leven in een verzameling. Toegepaste kunst 1890-1940 uit de collectie Meentwijck, Laren, Singer Museum, 2000, p. 180, (ill. 213) for a comparable figure of a deer by the same hand.

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