Brooklyn Museum: American Art: Helen

Helen

Artist: Chester Beach, American, 1881-1956
Medium: Marble
Dates: ca. 1909-1910
Dimensions: 19 x 14 x 10 1/2 in. (48.3 x 35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Signature: Unsigned
Inscriptions: Inscribed along front bottom edge: "HELEN"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 73.58
Credit Line: Gift of Pamela Nesbet, Robert L. Thirkield and Gilbert H. Thirkield, Jr.
Image: Front, 73.58_front_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Bust of Helen Leeming (1900-1973) of Brooklyn, NY. Young girl in frontal pose; hair combed back from forehead and secured at top of head with larg bow; curs fall to shoulders at sides, longer in back; square neckline of dress edged with decorative floral band; two vertical rows of buttons along edging; integral conforming base. Condition: Good.

Collections: American Art: Helen