Lot Essay
La Petite Pensée was first modelled in 1870.
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La Petite Pensée
Details
Thomas Ball (1819-1911)
La Petite Pensée
signed 'T. BALL 1871' (on the truncation)
white marble
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, including socle
La Petite Pensée
signed 'T. BALL 1871' (on the truncation)
white marble
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, including socle
Literature
T. Ball, My Threescore Years and Ten, 1891, p. 271.
W. Craven, Sculpture in America, New York, revised 1984, p. 225.
W. Craven, Sculpture in America, New York, revised 1984, p. 225.