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Dawn

Artist: Emil Fuchs, American, 1866-1929
Medium: Bronze, stone
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 3 13/16 x 4 in. (33.7 x 9.7 x 10.2 cm)
Markings: Foundry mark stamped on back of bronze base: "GORHAM CO FOUNDERS / OFXL"
Signature: Inscribed on top of bronze base, near proper right foot: "EMIL © FUCHS"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 32.2092.26
Credit Line: Gift of the estate of Emil Fuchs
Image: Overall, 32.2092.26_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Figurine of an idealized, nude young woman standing with hips swaying in gentle contraposto and arms arched above her head; face turned in 3/4 view to her proper right; laurel leaves entwined in hair. Stands on continuous round bronze plinth attached to flat square black stone base.

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