Death Uncovering Its Face and Showing It To Be Life

• Artist: Helen Farnsworth Mears
• Medium: Bronze
• Dates: 1916
• Dimensions: 15 x 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (38.1 x 21 x 22.2 cm)
• Signature: Inscribed on top of base, proper left rear corner: "HELEN FARNSWORTH MEARS. Sc. / © 1918 by MARY MEARS."
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 32, Shelf E
• Accession Number: 20.990.3
• Image: "Front", 20.990.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2004

Catalogue Description:
Sketch for statue of seated female figure wearing long robes; with her proper right hand holds a gathered bunching of her robes that runs around the back of her neck and across the front of her chest; facing frontally with her proper right foot placed farther forward than her left; seated on a square block; overall light brown patina and loosely modeled surface. Condition: Good