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Torso

Artist: Fritz Hammargren, American, born Sweden, 1892-1968
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 21 x 11 x 11 in. (53.3 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm)
Signature: Inscribed on proper right side of base: "F. C. Hammargren"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 31.815
Credit Line: A. Augustus Healy Fund
Image: Overall, 31.815_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Statuette of idealized nude female figure torso, truncated at neck and above shoulder, with arms raised, standing in contrapposto pose, figure emerges from irregular mounded base above knees; body is smoothly polished and base is roughly carved. Condition: Good.

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