Lot 187 , Jim Gilmore (American, b.1950), 'The Fishing Hole'

Jim Gilmore (American, b.1950), 'The Fishing Hole', modelled with a mother bear and three cubs upon a rocky outcrop, signed in the bronze and numbered 16/30, on original black marble base and wooden plinth, 64cm long, 42cm wide, 71cm high

The original two and a half life-size bronze is installed in a park by the Arkansas River, in Tulsa, Oklahoma
£700-1,000

Condition:
Honest untouched condition, now a little dusty, beneath that a blackish patination to the bears, and vari-coloured patination to the rocks, extensive green verdigris around where the water has been running, powered by an electric pump which will require testing and possibly re-wiring

Sold for £750