КАС.З. / KAS.Z. / Sculpture Bison b / r

R.R. Bach is a Russian sculptor and teacher, academician. The son of the sculptor R.I. Bach. He was engaged in monumental and easel sculpture, plastics of small forms, arts and crafts. For 15 years he collaborated with the Kasli plant. His models were used to cast portraits of figures of Russian culture, animal studies. The sculpture "Bison" was made in 1897. like a sketch of a sculpture. for the vestibule of the domministra of forest lands on Liteiny Prospekt in St. Petersburg. Bison are cloven-hoofed animals of the bovine family. At the beginning of the XX century. were exterminated and survived only in zoos. Currently, there are about two thousand bison in the world. The figure of a horned animal with long hair, leaning against a broken tree. The Kasli plant has been casting a sculpture since 1908.
Model year, 1897, Material, cast iron - "Dutch soot", Author, Bach R.R., Weight (kg), 31, Length (mm), 555, Width (mm), 307, Height (mm), 371