Design - 7th October 2020
Lot 632
‡ Richard Cowdy (born 1937) Hercules the Bear
Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £420
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Description
‡ Richard Cowdy (born 1937)
Hercules the Bear, 1983
patinated bronze, on Portland stone base
signed in the bronze and Cowdy Foundry seal,
36.5cm. high
Provenance
Armstrong-Davis Gallery, Arundel
Catalogue notes
The bronze is a portrait from life of a large Grizzly named Hercules - who had gone missing for two months and nearly starved to death. He had previously found notoriety in a toilet paper advert and gained the nickname 'The Big Softy'.