Death Uncovering Its Face and Showing It To Be Life
Helen Farnsworth Mears
American Art
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
1916
DIMENSIONS
15 x 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (38.1 x 21 x 22.2 cm)
SIGNATURE
Inscribed on top of base, proper left rear corner: "HELEN FARNSWORTH MEARS. Sc. / © 1918 by MARY MEARS."
ACCESSION NUMBER
20.990.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mary Mears
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Sketch for statue of seated female figure wearing long robes; with her proper right hand holds a gathered bunching of her robes that runs around the back of her neck and across the front of her chest; facing frontally with her proper right foot placed farther forward than her left; seated on a square block; overall light brown patina and loosely modeled surface.
Condition: Good
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