Russian bronze by Eugeny Ivanovich Naps, The Falconer
Height: 12.5".Circa 1900.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Mutual Art.com):Yevgeniy Ivanovich Naps is a Russian 19th Century sculptor. Yevgeniy Ivanovich Naps's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $618 USD to $80,800 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2007 the record price for this artist at auction is $80,800 USD for A Bear Attack, sold at Jackson's in 2013.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Davids notes: We received a fine collection of four Russian type bronzes from a NYC estate, they had been off the market for 30 years.Coincidently we received another old bronze from a different estate, (Farewell Kiss by Wolff),that was very similar to the Farewell Kiss by Wolff from the set of four.We decided to sell all five in the same sale(lot numbers 46,50,60,70 and 78).All appear to be circa 1900.Just a coincidence.

There is a break in the horse reins. Good condition otherwise.