An American bronze relief panel depicting a nymph Emblematic of The Arts

CAST BY GORHAM, PROVIDENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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An American bronze relief panel depicting a nymph Emblematic of The Arts
Cast by Gorham, Providence, Late 19th Century
The nymph bearing a caduceus and laurel in one hand and shield with Gorham trademark in the other, with scallop-cast pediment and tapered base
94½ in. x 36½ in. (240 cm. x 92.8 cm.)

Literature

Bronzes and Bronze Casting, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, 1893, illus. p. 1.

Artistic Bronze & Brass; Architechtural, Ecclesiastical, Ornamental Statuary, Gorham Manufacturing Company, New York, 1903, illus. in introduction

Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., Gorham Silver, 1982, illus. fig. 139, p.

Lot Essay

This relief of a Nymph emblematic of the Arts, bearing a caduceus, laurel and company shield, graced the vestibule of the New Gorham Manufacturing company's building beginning in the early 1890s. She is thought to have been designed by Antoine Heller, Gorham's lead designer of the 1880s and early 90s (see Charles H. Carpenter, Gorham Silver, San Francisco, 1997, p. 116.), and can be seen in an early photograph of Gorham bronze productions (see illustration above).

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