Art + Antiques: Selections from a Fortune-500 Corporate Art Collection
Fri, Mar 12, 2021 01:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 63
CM Russell 'The Last Laugh' Bronze, Zoppo Foundry
Sold for
$1,800
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| $5,000 | $250 |
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Charles Marion Russell (after) (American, 1864-1926) The Last Laugh, modeled 1916 Bronze 4 1/4" height An old posthumous casting of CM Russell's wryly grim bronze. Marked "CM Russell [buffalo skull colophon] © 1916" and stamped "B. ZOPPO FOUNDRY N.Y." to the back base. Benjamin Zoppo Artistic Bronze Foundry.
Minor rubbing to the patina, and minor scratches to the ground area in front of the wolf. There is a light green spot of corrosion in the foreground near the skull, the result of a drip of foreign reagent, with little to no effect on the form.