Three Bertel Thorvaldsen for Bing and Grøndahl Bisque Porcelain Figures

Late 19th Century

including Venus with the Apple, Jason with the Golden Fleece, and Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Goddess of Hope, each stamped 'B & G' to the back of the base.
Height of tallest 15 1/2 inches.

Property from the Estate of Bliss Hebert and Allen Charles Klein, Miami, Florida

This lot is located in Chicago.

Bliss Hebert lived a life filled with music, beginning with his study of piano at age three. By five, he appeared in solo recitals, and when he grew older trained as a concert pianist in New York and Paris. He enjoyed an incredibly prolific and successful career, staging over three hundred productions of one hundred operas. A highlight of his career was his long collaboration with Igor Stravinsky, beginning with his direction of The Rake’s Progress at the Santa Fe Opera, where he was a founding member. Hebert also worked extensively with his husband, stage designer Allen Charles Klein, to create more than fifty opera productions. Hebert and Klein lived together in Miami, New York, and France. Freeman’s will present their collection across three auctions this Spring: The Collector’s Cabinet on March 11, European Furniture and Decorative Arts on April 23, and Interiors, Including the Estate of Bliss Edmund Hebert on May 8.

The group appearing in overall good, stable and ready to place condition. Dust to the recesses of all three examples and small instances of discoloration to the bisque. The figure of Jason with an old glue repair to the fingers of his left hand and an object apparently missing from his right hand. Additional images are available upon request.

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