Lot 123
  • 123

BESSIE POTTER VONNOH | Dancing Girl

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Bessie Potter Vonnoh
  • Dancing Girl
  • inscribed Bessie Potter Vonnoh/A-3 (on the base) and R-B-W- (along the base)
  • bronze with green patina
  • height: 11 inches (27.9 cm)

Provenance

Graham Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1991

Literature

L. Monroe, "Bessie Potter," Brush and Pencil, vol. 2, 1898, pp. 33-34, another example illustrated p. 30
"Some Sculpture by Miss Vonnoh," International Studio, vol. 38, August 1909, p. 122, another example illustrated
Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 163, another example illustrated
Lucy D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2002, p. 190, another example illustrated
Thayer Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born Between 1865 and 1885, vol. II, New Haven, Connecticut, 2001, p. 561-62, another example illustrated

Condition

There are hints of verdigris in the crevasses and minor rubbing to the high points, including the figure's hands and hair.
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