Lot 1585 D α

A cast bronze vase by Léon Kann

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €

A cast bronze vase by Léon Kann

Cast bronze with gilding and red pigment. Engraved “L. Kann”, stamped “SIOT PARIS”. The interior with verdigris. H 28.5 cm.
Léon Kann (1859 - 1925), cast by Siot, Paris.

Provenance

Acquired from Dr. Hans-Jörgen Heuser in 1980.
Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

For more on Kann see Dahhan, Étains 1900 200 sculptures de la Belle Époque, Paris 200, p. 215. Siot-Decauville has discovered 66 designs cast by Léon Kann gegosen, 13 in bronze and 53 in pewter.