ANTIQUE SPORTING SCULPTURE PG 1  
 



Bedrich Stefan ( Czech, 1896 - 1982) Bronze Bugatti racing car circa 1920s, signed Stefan, marked B. S. 1/5
Dimensions: 29 X 13.8 inches (the car is 25 inches long)
 
     
       
     
     
Vienna Bronze Circa 1930 "Marathon Runner" bronze on marble base
Dimensions: 8& 1/2 inches high by 5 inches wide
Franz Bergman (Austrian circa 1880),"Aviators"signed Namgreb, bronze
Dimensions: 12&1/2in high
Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl (Hungarian, 1884 -1975) "The Boxer" bronze signed and dated 1926 with foundry dedication, on marble base
Dimensions: total height 15 inches, height of base alone 3&3/4 inches
     
 
 
 
C. B**hner ( Austrian circa 1910) Bronze football player about to make contact  with the ball. Superb quality cast with  polychrome in dark brown /green and copper tones. There is also a small foundry mark of a circle emblem with the letter B - (not the Bergman mark ).The figure surmounts an onyx column that has an unmarked plaque in a shield shape with two square designs of oak leaves.
Dimensions: Total height 8&1/2 inches. Bronze alone 5 &1/2 inches
 

 
 
     
 
Vince Lombardi portrait (American, circa 1960) "At the Sideline" unsigned, lost wax cast
Dimensions: 12 & 1/2 inches high by 6 & 3/4 inches wide by 4 & 3/4 inches deep
 
     
     
Antonin Stejskal (Czech 1907-1983)  "Contemplative Fencer", signed bronze
Dimensions : Total height 20&3/4 inches
 
     
     
 
 
Professor Otto Poertzel (Austrian,1876-1973) Bronze golfer circa 1920 on reddish marble base , apparently unsigned Dimensions: Total height 10 inche s
Similar bronze and ivory version sold at " The Elton John Collection " , Sotheby's London, 7 September, 1988, Lot 898
Dimensions: Total height 10 inches
   
   
     


Henri Wacquiez ( French, born 1907) signed, bronze on Belgian marble base
Dimensions: 6& 3/4 inches high by 9&1/2 inches long
Jules Moigniez (French 1835-1894) "Two Dachshunds Hunting", bronze, signed.( Illustrated page 211 Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne 1986.)
Dimensions: Height 7&1/2 inches by 11 inches in width by 5 inches in depth.
 
Helmut Muller ( German circa 1930)
Dimensions: 15&1/2in high by 14in long
 

   


Heinz Muller ( German , born 1872) "The Fencer", signed, bronze
Dimensions: 21&1/2in high
(Austrian, circa 1900)"Gamehunter", bronze
Dimensions: 13in high
Hugo Lederer ( German, 1871-1940) "Der Fechterbrunnen". The Swordsman by Hugo Lederer is the iconic male sculpture that exists at the Breslau University cast in 1901.  It is said the sculpture was a warning to the students not to gamble as one could be left naked with only one's sword.  The bronze was originally cast in two sizes by The Martin & Piltzing Foundry of Berlin in 1901.  The present model being the smaller of the two Piltzing casts and the larger being used as fountain model in Breslau while the present as a garden sculpture is numbered 5,  with a warm dark green and brown patina. Two later castings were under taken by Gladenbeck foundry in the 1930's but these sizes measured only 15 and 22 inches high and are table top models that have non of the subtlety and softness of the Piltzing originals. The present sculpture is signed HUGO LEDERER and numbered 5 with the inscription symbol for Martin & Piltzing Foundry of Berlin.
Dimensions:Total height 39 inches. Height of bronze alone 36 inches by 12&1/2 inches in depth by 13 inches in width.
Belgian marble base height 3 inches by 10 inchesin depth by 8 inches in width