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Premier Auction - Session II - March 25, 2023

Sat, Mar 25, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1168

Randolph John Rogers Sculpture, Native American Boy

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(New York/Michigan, 1825-1892)

Boy Hunting, circa 1866, signed on base "Randolph Rogers-Rome", Carrara marble, 38 x 16 x 14 in. 

Note:

Randolph John Rogers spent most of his productive years in Rome, Italy. He established a studio in 1851 and later employed sculptors to create his works in marble under his supervision. He became the first American to be elected to Italy's Accademia di San Luca.

Condition

surface weathering, crack through arrow shaft and loss to point, repairs and losses to headdress, lacking plumes, white paint accretion (drips) on base.

Brunk Auctions, June 13, 2015, lot 197, sold for $4,200 (hammer); John W. Stark House, Springfield, Tennessee