22nd Jul, 2011 10:00 GMT/BST

Summer Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 932
 

932

Adrien Etienne Gaudez (French 1845-1902): Fourgeron, A Bronze Figure of a Blacksmith Working at His

Adrien Etienne Gaudez (French 1845-1902): Fourgeron, A Bronze Figure of a Blacksmith Working at His Anvil, circa 1890, the almost naked muscular standing figure wearing a leather apron, upholding a hammer in his right hand, pincers holding sheet metal in his right, with further tools on the rustic circular base with concave sides and frontal plaque with inscription FOURGERON PAR A GAUDEZ HORS CONCOURS, signed A GAUDEZ, 98cm high

Sold for £2,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,200


 

Good condition and colour throughout. 190511

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Auction: Summer Catalogue Sale, 22nd Jul, 2011

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