Bronze statue

[Piratemike]

came across this bronze statue this weekend and it has stumped me.. nice quality heavy "Looks like Jay Leno in a suite" signed Philip N. Connely been looking online cant find anything about this piece or the artist... any ideas ?? added the beer can for scale

Thanks
Ed AKA "Pirate Mike"

 

[SkaBa]

Bump.

 

[trikikiwi]

I researched this yesterday when I first saw the post,
I was initially disinclined to respond because of the OP's description of the scale device as a 'beer' can.
Come to New Zealand for real beer!


You say it is 'Bronze'. Is it definitely metal, or could it be a resin or plaster of some type?
I searched for Philip M. Connelly; which is what I see on the statuette. I am thinking this is the name of the subject rather than the artist. The signature looks nothing like that name, so is maybe the artist's?
I did find someone with that name on LinkedIn; in 1993 as per the copyright mark on the statuette, he was employed at Sara Lee Corporation.
A photo of that person shows some resemblance to the statuette.
Maybe I'm way off track or ...?

 

[ARC]

New Zealand has beer ?
Good beer ?

Maybe a trip to New Zealand is in order. :P

 

[trikikiwi]

New Zealand has beer ?
Good beer ?

Maybe a trip to New Zealand is in order. :P

Off Topic, I know but; we have some of the best beer, wine, scenery, motorcycle riding roads, fishing, boating, etc, and etc, in the World.
What we don't have is a history rich in metals - which tends to limit one's Metal Detector finds.
Which leads me back to this awesome find.
Is it Bronze, the alloyed metal?

 

[Piratemike]

Thanks for the responses and very good points I just assumed it was bronze it is very heavy I will run the metal detector on it before I go to work this morning to confirm..

 

[diggummup]

The only (most notable) Philip M. Connelly I keep coming back to was the (communist) secretary of the CIO in Ca. and president of the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild. He died in 1981 though. I can't find a photo.

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/03/o...r-guild-labor-militant-who-was-convicted.html


https://books.google.com/books?id=W...KTAC#v=onepage&q="Philip M. Connelly"&f=false

Obituaries - UPI Archives

 

[Piratemike]

Ok I would have bet a little cash that it was bronze but not a peep when swung in front of my trusty Garrett ACE this morning
It is very heavy and very well made and although i thought it was bronze when I bought it , it was a garage sale bargain and I don't have much in it all... Not being bronze it opens it up more to even being an amature piece ??

 

[sutphin]

HILARY CLINTON IN DRAGGGGG ....