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Online-Only Auction, 27 August - 7 September 2020
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 87 938
About this Item
British 1880-1959
Tiger King, Man of Aran
bronze with a golden patina on stone base
height: 43cm excluding base, 54cm including base
Notes
Coleman ‘Tiger’ King played the lead role of Irishman Robert J. Flaherty in the 1934 film Man of Aran. Apart from this he was also known as a fisherman, blacksmith and farmer, but, it was his fighting spirit and passion for guns that earned him his name of ‘Tiger King’. The current lot is one of six that were cast.
Provenance
Blue Bird Farm, Oppenheimer Collection.View all Sir Jacob Epstein KBE lots for sale in this auction
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