Bonhams Inaugural Sculpture Sale - 15 April
Published March 21st, 2008
Bonhams is to hold its first Sculpture Sale at its New Bond Street salerooms on 15 April 2008. Over 120 works of art by some of the world’s most revered sculptors, and spanning five centuries, will go under the hammer 101 New Bond Street, London next month.
One of the highlights of the sale is a white marble bust of “The Ideal Christ” by the celebrated American sculptor, Hiram Powers (1805-1873), estimated at £20,000-30,000.
The whereabouts of the bust remained unknown until it was recently identified and as the sole surviving version of three replicas, it is bound to attract much attention.
Carved from white marble, Christ’s head looks slightly downwards with his shoulders clad in a folded and draped robe.
The bust is recorded as being bought by Lord Tapling - a wealthy English politician, businessman, and noted philatelist - in 1873. The other two versions of the Ideal Christ were in private American family collections, although they are now thought to be lost.
The sale also embraces sculpture from a number of different media and features a diverse range of subject matter, from classical and mythological characters to historic figures and animals.
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