Description:
Bashka Paeff (Russian/American, 1893-1979)
Bronze Figure of a Boy and Bird, piped as a fountain, signed "BASHKA PAEFF SC." and marked along base "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC NY," approx. ht. 27, dia. of base 18 in.
N.B. Paeff immigrated to Boston as a child from Minsk, Russia, and studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. A version of this sculpture is in the Boston Public Garden near the Arlington Street entrance.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
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