Lot Essay
Whitney executed this portrait of her daughter, Barbara, in 1913.
Details
GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY (1875-1942)
'Wallflower', A Bronze Portrait of Barbara Whitney
inscribed Gertrude. V. Whitney, 1913 and stamped with the C. Valsuani foundry seal
20½in. (52cm.) high, medium brown patina, on veined green marble base
'Wallflower', A Bronze Portrait of Barbara Whitney
inscribed Gertrude. V. Whitney, 1913 and stamped with the C. Valsuani foundry seal
20½in. (52cm.) high, medium brown patina, on veined green marble base
Literature
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, 1989, p. 172