Leo Lentelli Nude Art Deco Bronze FountainLeo Lentelli (1879 - 1962) American/Italian. Art Deco Bronze Fountain of a Female Archer from the 1920s or 30's. Signed on the front "Leo Lentelli". Measures 22" h., the base has an 18"dia. The bronze has a light green patina, the fountain was used outdoors in a garden. There is some light pitting from water corrosion on the top of her raised leg. The interior of the reservoir has a brown to no patina. Lentelli's works of this size are rarely offered. The last auction record we could find was in a New York auction in 1991 where it sold for $7700. Please check our other listings on ebay this week for over 280 fresh-to-the-market paintings, sculpture, prints and posters by listed American and European artists.

The following biography is from Crocker Art Museum Store: Birth - 1879 (Bologna, Italy) Death - 1962 (Rome) Lived/Active - United States/Italy Often Known For sculptor-figure-animal Sculptor. Born in Bologna, Italy on Oct. 29, 1879. Lentelli was mainly a self-taught artist. He was teaching at the Arts Students League in NYC and nationally famous when he came to San Francisco in 1915 to participate in the PPIE. Upon arrival, he accepted a teaching position at the Institute of Art where he taught until 1918. While in San Francisco, he did five figures for the façade of the Main Public Library and also a group sculpture for the entrance of the Mission Branch Library. He submitted six equestrian figures and sculptural decorations to the PPIE and redesigned the Market Street lamps in 1916. During the 1950s Lentelli had a studio-home in Rome, Italy. He died there on Jan. 1, 1962. Member: Architectural League of NY; NA; NSS; SFAA. Exh: Arch. League, 1911-22 (gold medals); SFAA, 1915-18; CPLH, 1929; Oakland Museum, 1982. In: St John the Divine (NYC); Straus Bank Bldg (NYC); Corning Free Academy; Steinway Bldg (NYC); Rockefeller Center; Orpheum Theater (St Louis); Charlottesville, VA (equestrian statue). AAA 1933; WWAA 1936-62; CAS; 100 Years of Calif. Sculpture cat.; FId; WWA: NY Times, 1-2-1962 (obit)