Lot 178
A Polychrome Terracotta Figure of a "New Orleans Stevedore", late 19th c., figure depicted seated, original surface, good patina, height 50 in., width 21 1/4 in., depth 35 in Provenance: Possibly the Paris Exposition Universelle 1900; by repute, acquired in the 20th century from the collection of Rock Hudson.Note: This sculpture of a nineteenth century seated black man is reminiscent of the terracotta works of the Bernhard Bloch studio of Eichwold, Bavaria (now Dubi, Czech Republic). The company, which operated under Bloch's name from 1871-1940, was well known for tobacco jars in the shape of caricatured heads, although they also made miniature and full-scale reproductions of human figures. One sculpture attributed to the firm of Bernhard Bloch that is particularly similar to the "stevedore" is a life-size polychrome terracotta figure of a young boy seated in a chair, fishing. Both the figure of the man and that of the boy are more realistically depicted than Bloch's tobacco jars. Instead, the two life-size figures, particularly the "stevedore" illustrated here, evoke an emotional response...
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