Greyhound on a Rocky Outcropping

Bronze sculpture with a dark brown patina, signed.

Provenance: from the Estate of Virgil McMahan

Height: 11.25”
Length: 13”

A lifelong Parisian, Gechter studied under Bosio and Gros. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1827-1844. At the age of 41, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He began his career sculpting heroic figures and contemporary portraits, as well as bas-reliefs for public statuary. He was a friend of Barye whose influence may have contributed to his turning to animalier sculpture late in his career.

Gechter is listed in The Dictionary of Western Sculptures n Bronze by Mackay.