Thomas Ball (1819-1911)

La Petite Pensée

細節

Thomas Ball (1819-1911)
La Petite Pensée
signed and dated 'T. Ball. 1870' (on the reverse)
white marble
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high, including socle

出版

T. Ball, My Threescore Years and Ten, 1891, p. 271.
W. Craven, Sculpture in America, New York, 1984 ed., p. 225.

拍品專文

According to the artist, La Petite Pensée, first modelled in 1870, was a notable success. Other examples are in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., and Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.