Helen Farnsworth Mears 1873-1916

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

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Description

Helen Farnsworth Mears
Dawn and Labor
inscribed HELEN F MEARS 1913, COPYRIGHT MARY MEARS 1916, KUNST FOUNDRY N.Y., on the sides of the base
bronze with green over red-brown patina
Height: 28 in.
71.2 cm.
The model was executed in 1913; this example was cast in 1916

Provenance

Miss Alice Chapman
Wisconsin chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930 (donated by the above)
Mrs. Lester J. LaMack, 1965 (Acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., National Headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Wisconsin Room, circa 1930-1965

Literature

Susan Porter Green, Helen Farnsworth Mears, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1972, pp. 152-3