Lot Essay
L'Allégresse was awarded the Gold Medal of the National Academy of Design in 1921.
Details
BESSIE POTTER VONNOH (1872-1955)
'L'Allégresse', A Bronze Group
inscribed Bessie Potter Vonnoh NO. 10 and ROMAN BRONZE WORKS. N.Y.
25¼in. (64.2cm.) high, on original wood column, 47in. (119.4cm.) high, rich greenish brown patina
'L'Allégresse', A Bronze Group
inscribed Bessie Potter Vonnoh NO. 10 and ROMAN BRONZE WORKS. N.Y.
25¼in. (64.2cm.) high, on original wood column, 47in. (119.4cm.) high, rich greenish brown patina
Literature
National Sculpture Society, Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue, New York, 1923, p. 241
National Sculpture Society, Contemporary American Sculpture, New York, 1929, p. 322
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 edition, p. 82
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Sculpture in the Detroit Intstitute of Arts, Detroit, 1969, p. 50
J. Conner and J. Rosencrantz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 165-166
C.S. Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions, Boston, 1990, p. 113
National Sculpture Society, Contemporary American Sculpture, New York, 1929, p. 322
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 edition, p. 82
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Sculpture in the Detroit Intstitute of Arts, Detroit, 1969, p. 50
J. Conner and J. Rosencrantz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 165-166
C.S. Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions, Boston, 1990, p. 113