$2,000
Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878-1949); Xoros (Dancing Bacchante), ca. 1910; Bronze; Signed "AITKEN" and titled "XOROS"; 17" high; 19" high (with base); Literature: Garden Sculpture by Captain Robert Aitken, Country Life, May 1911, pp. 57-59, illustrated page 59 (life size cast); California Magazine, 1916, Volume I, plate 202; Clipping File, New York Public Library, A picture of Robert Aitken at work on this sculpture; The New York Times, February 6, 1910, Photo of Robert Aitken with the Bacchante in the background; Exhibition: Panama Pacific Exhibition, 1915, No 3284 (Dancing Bacchante); The Dance as Interpreted in Marble and Bronze by American Sculptors, The Macbeth Gallery, New York, March 10-30, 1915; Provenance: Private Collection, New York
Auctioneer:
Rago Auctions
Date:
2013-11-16
