GERTURDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY (1875-1942)

Details

GERTURDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY (1875-1942)

A Bronze Figure of a Nurse

inscribed Gertrude V. Whitney 1917, 12 and stamped ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. and 2
17¼in. (43.7cm.) high, brown patina

Literature

J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 173

Lot Essay

The present model is a variation on the center figure from Spirit of the Red Cross, Whitney's war memorial which commemorated wartime nurses. The completed group was presented to The Musée des Invalides in Paris in 1923.