Lot 299: ISIDORE KONTI (AMERICAN, 1862- 1938) Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeli

ISIDORE KONTI (AMERICAN, 1862- 1938) Reverence Before Knowledge (Kneeling Men): Bookends each inscribed ‘©/I. Konti,’ (on the base); tamped ‘GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/ Q472’ and numbered ‘28’ (along the base) each bronze with brown patina each 6O x 6¿ x 4¿ in. (16.5 x 15.5 x 10.5 cm.) Modeled in 1911.

LITERATURE: The Hudson River Museum, The Sculpture of Isidore Konti 1862-1938, exhibition catalogue, Yonkers, New York, 1974, no. 42 (another example illustrated).

PROVENANCE: Werner and Margaret Josten, New York. Dr. Charles U. and Eileen Josten Lowe, Cambridge, MA. Eileen Josten Lowe, Brooklyn.