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Young Girl with Bouquet

Artist: Oscar Miestchaninoff, American, born Russia, 1886-1956
Medium: Bronze
Dates: 1924
Dimensions: 29 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 12 1/8 in. (74 x 32.7 x 30.8 cm)
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 58.182
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Oscar Miestchaninoff
Image: Overall, 58.182_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Figure of young woman modelled with simplified forms; body is truncated below knees and is set on square plinth; she stands in a contrapposto pose with proper left leg forward and holds bouquet of roses in front of her abdomen; wears simple sleeveless dress that falls in fluted drapery folds around legs; has small head with hair pulled into braid at nape of neck. Condition: Good.

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