21st Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Art Sale

 
Lot 24
 

24

Emile Louis Truffot (French, 1843-1895): A Life Size Bronze Figure of a Nubian Girl, 1883, possibly

Emile Louis Truffot (French, 1843-1895): A Life Size Bronze Figure of a Nubian Girl, 1883, possibly representing Africa from a set of The Continents, standing holding a spear and shield, on a circular base cast with stiff leaves, signed and dated 1883, Tassel foundry mark, 174cm high

Provenance: Purchased by H C Moffatt of Hamptworth Lodge, Salisbury (the garden designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson), and thence by descent

Sold for £31,000
Estimated at £5,000 - £7,000


 

. Surface extensively weathered, with extensive verdigris. Some spraining to spear and minor spraining to shield. Spear appears incomplete. Typical minor impact damages and scratching.

 


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Auction: Summer Fine Art Sale, 21st Jul, 2018

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