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Busts/Heads — Sculpture/Statuary - Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.
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| Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd. | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Busts/Heads
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), head of Eustache De Saint-Pierre, bronze, Eustache De Saint-Pierre, type a head (Eustache De Saint Pierre, tete type a). Conceived in 1885-86. Posthumous cast authorized by Musee Rodin, 1968 in 10 casts by Georges Rudier, nos. 3… | *** |  |
| *** | Mile Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861-1929), Beethoven, tete Monumentale (study for the Metropolitan) 1902 bronze, ed.5/8 62 cm height. Provenance: This piece was acquired in 1982 through the agency of Edson Antiques, Sydney in association with Graham… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique marble bust of a woman 18th century, classically resolved, on a timber stand. 24.5 cm high (marble) | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Alfred Gilbert M.V.O RA (British, 1854-1934), study (head of the Capri fisherman), first cast 1884, bronze on ebony painted wood base, height 48 cm. Provenance: Bowman sculpture, London (label to wood base). Acquired from the above 1 July 2014 | *** |  |
| *** | Boris Lovet-Lorski (Lithuanian / American 1894-1973), God unknown 1927, Carrara marble, ebonised wood incised Boris Lovet-Lorski, 1927, 3-70 verso. 42 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A massive French plaster cast of the Ludovisi Juno, late 19th century, the serene goddess wearing an anthemion cast diadem, inscribed to the lower edge: '274C Junon Colossale antique. Fragment Villa Ludovisi', height 110 cm, width 66 cm, depth 55 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | William Reid Dick (British, 1879-1961), portrait bust of a young girl 1919, bronze on stone base, signed and dated, inscribed in bronze: Reid Dick/ 1919, height 50 cm | *** |  |
| *** | After Jean-Jacques Caffieri (French, 1725-1792), Corneille van Cleve (1645-1732), Carrara marble, the 19th century bust, naturalistically carved, above a square tapering socle, raised on a canted rectangular ebonised plinth, the bust and socle 70 cm high,… | *** |  |
| *** | A coloured and white marble bust of a woman white marble bust of a pensive young woman, set into a coloured marble garment, 47 cm high, 46 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of marble busts each depicting Apollo and Diana 18th century, carved realistically in the classical manner depicting the Roman gods individually, together with a pair of associated marble socles, 65 cm high (busts). | *** |  |
| *** | A substantial 19th century French bronze bust of Republique Francais, signed L. Gregoire, the female figure with a laurel garland and castellated Crown to her hair, wearing drapery over a scaled armoured breast plate centred by a medallion, raised on a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian carved marble bust of Dante 19th century, Depicted facing frontally wearing a wreath of laurels, over his cap the three-quarter length bust, on an associated marble socle, height 53.3 cm. Provenance: Christie's London, a Tribute to John Fowler:… | *** |  |
| *** | A French white marble bust of a Prelate, by Marcel Alexandre Rouilliere (1868-?), signed and dated verso: M. Rouilliere / 1912. Height 74 cm, width 85 cm. Provenance: Christie's Australia, Sydney, the collection of John Schaeffer at Rona, 15 & 16 May 2004… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian marble and alabaster bust on pedestal late 19th century, signed, modelled as a smiling woman and child, raised on a stepped socle, together with a circular stepped marble and alabaster plinth. Height 174 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A David Bromley limited edition cast bronze bust of a young woman. 59 cm high, 40 cm wide, 25 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian marble bust of Augustus Stevens signed J E Boehm (1834-1890), 1874, modelled as a bearded gentleman wearing a waistcoat and jabot, inscribed to the reverse 'In Grateful Memory to Augustus Stevens by J.E Boehm 1874', raised on a stepped socle;… | *** |  |
| *** | A marble bust of a woman, modern, in the classical Greek style, on cast iron plinth, height 33 cm (excluding plinth) | *** |  |
| *** | A Marble Bust of the Arab Sheik of Cairo After the 1866 original by Charles Cordier Finely modelled in white and grey marble, showing a bearded man wearing a turban and robes, stepped socle, 69 cm high. Note: The original is illustrated as item 86 in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Affortunato Gory (1895-1925), a bust of a young woman, marble and gilt bronze, on an integral square variegated marble socle, inscribed signature cast in the bronze at the right shoulder: Gory, 52 cm high, 34 cm wide, 19 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A marble bust of a classical maiden mounted on a matched marble pedestal, both second half 19th century, the white marble bust in Roman style, the grey veined white marble pedestal variously carved and moulded, overall 162 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Alfred Drury RA (English, 1856-1944), Griselda 1907, bronze on green marble plinth, signed and dated to reverse, height 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau marble bust signed, first quarter 20th century inscribed signature. Height 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian alabaster and Carrara marble bust of young girl, by Ferdinando Vichi (1875-1945), first quarter 20th century, modelled wearing a decorative bonnet, raised on a square alabaster socle base, inscribed 'F. Vichi/Firenze/Made in Italy' to verso, 51… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Italian marble bust of Marie Antoinette, signed Faggi, 19th/20th century, a youthful depiction partly robed, on socle base, 79.5 cm high. Provenance: Aronson Antiques, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Collection of a Curator & Collector, New South Wales | *** |  |
| *** | A 17th century carved fruitwood figure of St Barbara, remnants of painted decoration, together with a separate cloth covered base, the figure, 44.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved and coloured marble bust, circa 1900, depicting a medieval maid in quiet resolution, her hair styled and with applied patination, her dress carved from a coloured breche marble with distinct grey striations, all set upon a shaped dark grey marble… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze bust of Julius Caesar together with a metal plinth, the bust 97 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze bust of a Greek God, 19th century, wearing a plumed helmet with draped shoulders on a square golden bronze socle, height 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian bronze bust of a smiling faun, probably Naples, late 19th century, wearing a goatskin pelt over one shoulder on a grey Africano marble socle, possibly a Chiurazzi cast, height 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of French Orientalist figural painted terracotta busts, in the manner of Friedrich Goldscheider, late 19th century, modelled as a male and female, mirrored in pose, wearing a draped shawl. Each raised on socle bases. One impressed '4081' 'Dep' to… | *** |  |
| *** | A white and coloured marble bust 'Puritas' by Professor Aristide Petrilli (1868-1930), carved as a maiden wearing a coif with lilies in her hair, her incised bodice centred with a lily and inscribed 'Puritas', on square socle, incised to verso 'Gal' Prof… | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian carved alabaster bust, circa 1890, signed Lot Corelli, Firenze, carved as a stylish young Italian lady wearing a traditional pinned kerchief upon her head, her neck adorned with a pearl and medallion necklace, incised signature verso, 42 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A large classical style carved white marble bust, circa 1860, signed C. F. Fuller, styled as the Roman goddess Diana reflectively poised, her hair adorned with a laurel wreath, her shoulders draped in a pleated tunic, incised signature to verso, 58 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A copper bust of the young Augustus Caesar, late 19th century, after the original held in the Vatican, on an integral circular moulded socle, height 51 cm. Other Notes: Gaius Octavius was the adopted heir of his maternal great uncle Julius Ceasar and… | *** |  |
| *** | A German bronze bust of Hermes, late 19th century, after the marble sculpture discovered at Olympia and attributed to Praxiteles, titled to socle on integral bronze plinth, height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A terracotta bust of Marie Antoniette, by Friedrich Goldscheider, late 19th century, Naturistically modelled depicting a young Marie Antoinette. The reverse signed 'Friedrich Goldscheider, Wein', 'Production Reservee' and numbered 1908 / 8 / 47. 77 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian style marble bust of a lady carved in white and rouge royale marble with her head elevated, dressed in period attire, raised on a black marble socle. Height 69 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco bronze head signed Bazzony, Etling Paris, the bust modelled as the head of a young man in side profile, raised on a rectangular marble plinth, inscribed marks Bizzony, Etling Paris. Height 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of antique Italian marble busts late 19th century depicting Mary and Jesus, each raised on a socle base, the bust of Jesus signed Spinelli 25 cm & 27 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large bronze bust, Depicted wearing a turban | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze bust of William Shakespeare | *** |  |
| *** | A white and grey variegated marble bust of a bearded emperor, on a green marble socle, height 63 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A French painted plaster bust of Louis XVI, in the manner of Louis-Simon Boizot, mid 19th century, bust length on an integral square socle, the King with draped shoulders, looking to his left, height 32 cm. Provenance: Christie's, Paris | *** |  |
| *** | A Grand Tour bronze head of a boxer or satyr, late 19th century, after the original attributed to Silanion held in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Height 39 cm (including base). Provenance: Private Collection, Sweden. Private Collection,… | *** |  |
| *** | A large 19th century lead bust of Menelaus, on a circular base. Height 88 cm. Other Notes: the legendary King of Sparta and husband of Helen of Troy, Menelaus was a popular subject for bronze and lead busts, which were modelled on the classical marble… | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental marble bust of Marie Antoinette, 19th century, realistically modelled, wearing a locket depicting her husband, Louis XVI, unsigned, 52.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large classical bust, 19th century, modelled as a man with downcast gaze, his head adorned with a bacchanalian wreath raised on a turned socle, 36 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze bust of an Aboriginal elder, realistically modelled, mounted on a marble base, with additional marble plate. Illegibly signed to base of bronze, 42 cm high (not including marble plate) | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau alabaster and marble bust of a girl signed Nelson, modelled in rustic dress with her head turned to one side. Height 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A plaster bust of Napoleon, after the bronze by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850), the emperor wearing a victor's laurel wreath, height 63 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large plaster head of a woman, emblematic of Asia, late 19th century, with closed eyes and elephant pelt headdress, height 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A carved and painted marble bust, circa 1900, depicted as Joan of Arc, shrouded in an armoured fashion with applied gilt enamel detailing throughout all set upon an oval base, unsigned, 28.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A late 19th century marble bust of a maiden possibly French retail plaque for V. Vattaire, the figure carved with her face averted to the right her curled hair tied back wearing a classically styled dress raised on a stepped circular socle; together with… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze bust of a woman, the figure with curled hair and her head averted together with an ebonised pedestal, the bust, 60 cm high, the pedestal, 108 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | Giuseppe Bessi (1857-1922), Primavera, marble, the figure's shawl in grey marble with stained details, on a rectangular socle incised at title, signed to the back: Prof G. Bessi, 58 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Two Edwardian alabaster and marble busts, each modelled as a young female in medieval costume and a cloche hat, in tones of green, purple, red and white. Height 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Italian marble bust of Julius Caesar signed P. Barzanti, Florence, the male figure with short curled hair, raised on a stepped circular marble plinth, incised signature. Height 58 cm including plinth | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Italian marble bust of the Apollo Belvedere signed P. Bazzanti, Florence, the figure with curled hair tied with a ribbon, his head turned to the left, inscribed signature to reverse. Height 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cast bronze bust of Caesar, modelled with his head averted, raised on a turned socle, 84 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | After Joseph Chinard (French, 1756-1813), marble bust of Madame Recaimer, circa 1890 classically resolved, depicting a woman with curled hair arranged high upon her head with a wrapped scarf, she clutches a cloak to her shoulders, raised on a block base,… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved and coloured marble bust, circa 1910, styled as a joyous young lady, her head covered in a swathed cloche, her shoulders carved from a mottled breche marble of grey and pink, unsigned, 51.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature French cold painted bronze and ivory bust 'Marchioness' signed Alonzo carved as a young girl with face hair and chest of ivory swathed in a cold painted bronze dress raised on a bronze socle and stepped marble base incised signature and Paris… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Nouveau patinated bronze bust of Sylvia signed Ant. (Anton) Nelson, circa 1900, modelled as the semi draped upper torso of a young woman, raised on a stepped Griotte d' Italie marble plinth. Height 66 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A patinated bronze bust of Emperor Hadrian, modelled as a bearded male in classical attire, raised on a fluted composite plinth, 172 cm total height | *** |  |
| *** | A large carved marble bust of a lady | *** |  |
| *** | A classical carved white marble bust, circa 1890, carved as the Roman goddess Aphrodite, her head cast down and free of adornment, unsigned, 46.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | An Italian alabaster and quartz bust of Beatrice, by Professor Giuseppe Bessi (1857-1922), Dante's muse with downcast eyes and wearing a diadem and coif, on rectangular plinth incised with title, signed to reverse. Height 37 cm, width 35 cm, depth 17 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian white marble bust of a Bald gentleman with mutton chops, signed verso: J Scholl, on a fluted oak ionic column pedestal. Height of bust 46 cm, height of pedestal 102 cm. Provenance: Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, Traditional furniture and… | *** |  |
| *** | Giuseppe Bessi, (1857-1922), Ruth, marble, bust length in contrasting marbles, modelled wearing a cowl and a shawl on a integral rectangular socle inscribed with the subject's name, signed to the reverse, 43 cm high, 35 cm wide, 20 cm deep, dimensions: 43… | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze bust of a gentleman, circa 1909, raised on a verde marble plinth, together with an ornate gilt metal pedestal, signed indistinctly Chavariaux, Reims, 1909, foundry mark H. Gonot, Founder, Paris, the bust. Height 68 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Nouveau carved alabaster bust, circa 1900, carved as a beautiful young maiden, her coiled hair covered in a patterned headscarf, her shoulders draped in a decorative tunic, raised upon a rectangular base with chamfered corners, 36.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A resin bust of Antoninus Pius, after the antique. Height 52 cm. Provenance: Contents of Swanton, Sutton Forest | *** |  |
| *** | A Copeland parian ware bust, 'Louise', by Mary Thornycroft, 19th century, depicting Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, modelled in the classical manner, issued to commemorate her wedding to the ninth Duke of Argyll, impressed to the… | *** |  |
| *** | A marble bust, possibly Romanesque, 167.5 cm high including stand, bust 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A classical style bronze head of a boy on a marble plinth, signed Constant Roux circa 1900, with incised signature verso, some scratches, 46 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Copeland parian bust of Clythie, after the original Greco-Roman marble in the Townley collection in the British Museum impressed mark, on a socle base, the base impressed C. Delpech Redt. Art Union of London 1855. Height 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to Gustav Pillig 1877-1956, Sir Robert Menzies, bronze plaster, 49 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | Ferdinando Vichi (Italian 1875-1945) bust of a lady wearing a head scarf on Socle, marble, signed F. Vichi Florenceto verso, total height 57 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian painted plaster bust of Lord Melbourne, after the original by John Francis (1780-1861), the statesman with classically draped shoulders on a turned socle, incised to verso: Lord Viscount Melbourne - 6 November 1836 / John Francis. Height 75 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A large carved marble bust of a maiden | *** |  |
| *** | A terracotta bust of Marie Antoinette on ebonised wood plinth, impressed foundry mark to the reverse, 78 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A French bronze bust, late 19th century, the bearded young man with a felt cap on his wavy hair, wearing a heavy chain on his striped doublet, height 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Emmanuel Mane Katz (1894-1962), 'Head of a Rabbi', modeled in plaster, impressed signature,17 cm width x 39 cm depth x 25 cm height. | *** |  |
| *** | A marble bust of a woman, modern, in the classical Greek style, on ebonised plinth. Height 36 cm. Provenance: from the contents of Swanton (built 1827), Sutton Forrest, NSW. Condition: bust is weathered and has surface dirt. Extensive losses to nose and… | *** |  |
| *** | A resin bust of Augustus, after the antique. Height 49 cm. Provenance: Contents of Swanton, Sutton Forest | *** |  |
| *** | Two grey terracotta busts of Roman men, French 19th century, each depicted bust length on modern ebonised plinths. Height 50 cm (overall). Provenance: Contents of Swanton, Sutton Forest | *** |  |
| *** | An alabaster bust of the Venus de Milo, late 19th century, after the antique, on turned socle, height 34 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sutton forest | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Carrara marble bust, circa 1900, signed Giusto Viti Realistically carved as a coy young maiden, her head averted, a textured cloth adorns her shoulder raised on a block base, incised signature to side, 49.5 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A classical style composite bust, 19th century, classically modelled upon a pedestal base, raised on a banded agate columnar socle, 36 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A French carved stone sculptural fragment, 16th century, of head and shoulders of a man, possibly a saint, on bronze plinth. Height 38 cm (overall). Provenance: Contents of Swanton, Sutton Forest | *** |  |
| *** | A classically styled bronze bust, the male torso raised on a square pedestal 187 cm total height | *** |  |
| *** | Two bronze and marble library herms, (pillar) cast after the models by Pierre-Jospeh Chardigny (1794-1866), one with a bust of Miguel Cervantes, the other with Richard Wagner, on green marble herm plinths (2), height 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | After Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tete de Coco, bronzed resin, signed "Renoir", height 27 cm, height overall 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Italian school late 19th century, a child Pierrot, marble, 30 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved marble bust of a child, second half 19th century, modelled in classical manner, on a variegated yellow marble socle, 33 cm high overall, 19 cm wide, 14 cm deep. Provenance: The Estate of the late Hylton Grimmer | *** |  |
| *** | A carved alabaster bust, circa 1880, signature indistinct, carved as a fashionable young woman wearing a large straw bonnet upon her head, and to her neck a pearl collar, incised signature verso, 50 cm high. | *** |  |