Marked ROMAN BRONZE WORKS rear of self-base and copyright / copyright Isidore Konti on base edge of self-base
artist
Konti is a key figure in the realm of turn of the century American sculpture. He taught and influenced sculptors such as Manship and Kalish, was highly regarding by Daniel C. French and worked on a commission with Gutzon Borglum. He did not cast works in high numbers and often all collectors are able to come by are casts of his book ends. This work precedes his well known Genius of Immortality in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art by almost ten years.
exhibitions
Yonkers, New York, Yonkers Art Assoc. Second Annual Exh. 1917
The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, The Sculpture of Isidore Konti 1862 – 1938, January 26 – March 30, 1975, No. 17
literature
M. J. S. Madigan, The Sculpture of Isidore Konti 1862 – 1938, New York, 1974, No. 17