Collections: American Art: War (Memory)

War (Memory)

Artist: Olin Levi Warner, American, 1844-1896
Medium: Marble
Dates: ca. 1880
Dimensions: 61 7/16 x 25 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (156.1 x 63.8 x 15.6 cm)
Signature: Inscribed at lower left, in script: "O L. Warner / Sculptor / 1896."
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 87.193.3
Credit Line: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Olin L. Warner
Image: Overall, 87.193.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Large rectangular relief panel of standing female allegorical figure; she is shrouded in drapery and has her eyes closed; holds plumed helmet and sheathed sword in front of chest; proper right toe extends past shallow step along bottom edge; background in low relief with fluted column at right side and tripod atop shorter column at left. Condition: Good.