Thomas Ball (1819-1911)

La Petite Pensée

Details

Thomas Ball (1819-1911)
La Petite Pensée
signed and dated 'T. Ball. 1870' (on the reverse)
white marble
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high, including socle

Literature

T. Ball, My Threescore Years and Ten, 1891, p. 271.
W. Craven, Sculpture in America, New York, 1984 ed., p. 225.

Lot Essay

According to the artist, La Petite Pensée, first modelled in 1870, was a notable success. Other examples are in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., and Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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