Lot number 3239 - Auction 150
'MINEUR' (STEHENDER BERGMANN)

CHARLES OCTAVE LEVY 1820 Paris - 1899 ibid 'MINEUR' (STANDING MINER) Bronze, dark brown patina, on a naturalistic plinth. Total height 42 cm, width 14 cm, depth 15 cm, weight approx. 5 kg. Signed 'Ch. Levy' on the plinth, foundry mark 'Bronze Garanti au titre L.V. Deposée' on the back, numbered 'A3364', inscribed 'Mineur par Ch Levy Salon Des Beaux-Arts' on the front. Realistic depiction of a standing miner with pickaxe and lamp. Partial loss of patina, bumped and rubbed.