Carl Theodor WEGENER (1862-1935), Boy with a Monkey

bronze, patinated casting, red marble, green cloth; height 34.5 cm, base 12.5 x 11.4 cm.
Germany, Berlin, Aktien-Gesellschaft CARL GUSTAV HERMANN GLADENBECK (1827-1918) [foundry active 1851-1926], 1894
Figure of a barefoot boy standing apart, wearing a hat, shirt unbuttoned at the chest, pants with the legs rolled up. With his left hand he supports a small monkey with a collar and chain. In the mouth - a whistle. On the circular base - signature: "Wegener 94 / Akt-Ges. / Gladenbeck Berlin." Two-piece pedestal, made of red marble: a square plinth at the bottom, a turned cylindrical pedestal above.