Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture
Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture
Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture
Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture
Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture
Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture
Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture
Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture

Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture

Winning Bid: $4,000

Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture:

(Italian – Florence,19th/20th century)

Dancer with Castanets, signed “E. Battiglia” on naturalistic stump, after the original by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) in white Carrara marble held by the Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany, carved marble, 68-1/2 x 27-1/2 in., on an integral circular plinth, 15 In. diameter

Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, November, 1999, Lot 47 (sold for $23,000 with premium); Property from the Collection of Ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter

Condition
proper right wrist cracked through, at least two fingers with old cracks and repairs, chips to drapery and bottom edge of plinth, general expected surface wear