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Bidding is now open for our Fine Art, Jewelry, Design & Asian Art auction, Day 2 of our three-day December sale, featuring paintings, prints, sculpture, fine jewelry, watches, porcelain and Asian works of art. Highlights include a George Gardner Symons 'Winter River' oil on canvas, an 18K gold Tiffany & Co. Mark Coupe resonator watch and a Dale Chihuly "Persian Set," alongside works by Bridget Riley, Joan Miró, Rufino Tamayo and Chen Chi-Kwan, and more. Auction is Wednesday, December 2nd at 1 PM CST. Local pickup is December 7th, 8th and 9th from 1 to 5 PM at 5263 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina, MN. Shipping is available on all lots.
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Lot 300

After Sirio Tofanari Large Bronze Panther

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Starting Bid
$1,000

Bid Increments

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$50 $10
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$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000

Signature along the base. 

 

Dimensions: 24" Tall x 14 1/2" Wide x 24 1/2" Deep

 

Condition: Wear and weathering throughout, consistent with weather exposure. Patination throughout. Dirt/dust collection in recessed areas and interior of the sculpture. 

 

Artist Bio: Sirio Tofanari (1886-1969) was born in Florence into a family of ornamental sculptors, the younger brother of the painter and sculptor Salvino Tofanari. Impatient with the teaching at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, he left to train himself, first in Paris and then in London, where he went daily to the zoo and the Natural History Museum to study animals from life. That direct observation became the foundation of his career, and together with Rembrandt Bugatti he is counted among the leading Italian sculptors of the animalier tradition.

Tofanari came to notice at the Faenza exhibition of 1908 and the Venice Biennale of 1909, and his bronzes were cast by Florentine foundries including Fonderia Marinelli. He modeled panthers, monkeys, deer, birds and dogs with smooth, simplified surfaces and an instinct for gesture, often catching the affection between animals or the coiled tension of a big cat at rest. The panther was among his most recognizable subjects. This large bronze is catalogued as after Tofanari, a cast following his model rather than one made under his supervision.

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