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Lot 68: THOMAS NELSON MACLEAN

Est: $10,000 USD - $20,000 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USNovember 04, 2011

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM THE FORBES COLLECTION
BRITISH
1845 - 1894
SPRING FESTIVAL
signed, titled, dated and inscribed on the base: T. Nelson Maclean/ 30.4.1881/ SPRING FESTIVAL/ suggested by Alma-Tadema's picture
bronze
height (including base): 27½ in.; 70 cm

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Bellman & Ivey, London, 1885 no. 35 (another cast)

Literature

J. A. Blaikie, "An English Sculptor", Magazine of Art, 1886, pp. 233-8
Christopher Forbes, The Royal Academy (1837-1901) Revisited, exh. cat., 1975, p. 148
Susan Beattie, The New Sculpture, Yale, 1983, pp. 137, 259, no. 17

Provenance

Sale: William Doyle Galleries, New York, 1979, lot 758
Acquired from the above

Auction Details

19th Century European Art

by
Sotheby's
November 04, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US