Each bookend weighs just under 2 pounds.
There is a hole drilled measuring just less than 1/4" in diameter atop each bookend's head.
I like the idea of sculpture dressing bookshelves, while functioning to separate volumes of knowledge.
Description | Each bookend weighs just under 2 pounds. There is a hole drilled measuring just less than 1/4" in diameter atop each bookend's head. I like the idea of sculpture dressing bookshelves, while functioning to separate volumes of knowledge.
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About the Artist | "Unknown artist" is appropriate when a work of art is unsigned and a supported opinion about who made it is not available (on Savvy Collector).. "Attributed to" precedes the name of an artist when information suggests that it likely was made by that artist (on Savvy Collector). |
Culture | USA |
Style | Nostalgic American Indian |
Medium | Bronzer |
Size | 5 1/4" height X 6 5/8" width X 2 1/4" depth |
Signed | Not visible |
Date of creation | Circa 1920 |
Condition | Good. There are some small areas of each bookend where gold patina is interrupted. |
Provenance | Consigned by a Northern California collector of bookends depicting American Indians |