Lot Essay
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J. James, Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts, 1915, pp. 18-21, illus.
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1937
The National Sculpture Society, New York, American Sculpture Series: Adolph A. Weinman, New York, 1950, pp. 16-19, 61, illus.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 122
Whitney Museum of American Art, 200 Years of American Sculpture, New York, 1976, p. 115, nos. 151, 152, illus.
The present models were originally designed as monumental fountain figures for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
Surmounting enormous decorated columns, the pair of plaster figures was installed in the Court of the Universe, designed by the architectural firm, McKim, Mead, and White. The building and its courtyard, known as the "meeting place of the hemi-spheres," stood at the northern end of the fairgrounds, between the Palace of Agriculture and the Palace of Transportation.
J. James, Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts, 1915, pp. 18-21, illus.
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1937
The National Sculpture Society, New York, American Sculpture Series: Adolph A. Weinman, New York, 1950, pp. 16-19, 61, illus.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 122
Whitney Museum of American Art, 200 Years of American Sculpture, New York, 1976, p. 115, nos. 151, 152, illus.
The present models were originally designed as monumental fountain figures for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
Surmounting enormous decorated columns, the pair of plaster figures was installed in the Court of the Universe, designed by the architectural firm, McKim, Mead, and White. The building and its courtyard, known as the "meeting place of the hemi-spheres," stood at the northern end of the fairgrounds, between the Palace of Agriculture and the Palace of Transportation.