FRANZ BERGMAN (AUSTRIAN 1861-1936)

Running Moorish Soldier,circa 1900
cold-painted bronze
overall height: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
the body and base signed with 'B in a vase' and stamped Geschutzt 2897

LITERATURE
Joseph Zobel, Antique Vienna Bronzes, (Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2008), p. 147

CONDITION
The bronze sculpture appears in very good age-appropriate condition. Overall craquelure apparent to his clothing. Scattered losses of paint, most notably to the base. Inspection under UV light shows fluorescence, but no apparent signs of restoration.

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Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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