Featured in this lot is this bronze sculpture called "Gentle Giant III," by Idaho artist Robert Deurloo born in 1945. The bronze features a wonderfully and professionally crafted bronze construction that features a beautifully crafted unique delivery of the patina that makes this giraffe look life like with beautiful texturing to the spider webbing that makes up the shading of the giraffes spots and shows gilt decoration to the tips of the horns. The artist signature can be seen on the inside of the back right leg along with numbering of 16/50; Robert Deurloo only ever makes 100 of each piece of artwork usually and a larger and smaller example, this piece was originally bought for $15,000.00 and was acquired in 2017. Robert Deurloo is a professional sculptor who creates exquisite bronze wildlife sculptures, which due to an exotic patina process appear to be of polished stone. His sculptures are cast from molten bronze, but due to an elaborate and exotic patina process, they appear to be chiseled from the granite of the Sawtooth Mountains. A combination of intense heat and various acids and minerals produce the polished stone patinas. A self-taught artist, his style blossoms from within, rather than forged by external teachings. He has learned over his 25 year career that capturing every detail in a sculpture can actually detract from the impact of the piece. The condition of this bronze is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this bronze giraffe are 35 1/4" x 19 1/4" x 6 1/2".