Classical female bronze figure holding a book and a laurel was created by famous Austrian sculptor Ferdinand Luegerth (1885-1915), who lived and worked in Vienna.
Inscription: signed on the base Ferd.Lugerth and marked "AR", famous Vienna Foundy Manufactory "Arthur Rubinstein"; bronze, dark-brown patina. On the base inscribed in Latin "Labori Laurus!"
Technique: bronze and patina
Measurements: H 22" (56 cm), base 10" x 7" (25.5 x 18 cm)
Condition: in good condition, a minimal junktion track is seen at the place where the left hand was jointed to the body, few insignificant scratches in patina on the back of the figure. |