Lot Essay
Knitting is based on two paintings by Eakins; William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River and Seventy Years Ago, both done in 1877.
'Knitting', A Painted Plaster Relief
Details
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
'Knitting', A Painted Plaster Relief
inscribed 'EAKINS SCULPTOR' on reverse
18in. (47cm.) high
'Knitting', A Painted Plaster Relief
inscribed 'EAKINS SCULPTOR' on reverse
18in. (47cm.) high
Provenance
Mr. Charles Bregler, Asbury Park, New Jersey, gift of Susan Eakins, the artist's wife, 1931
Literature
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Carved and Modeled: American Sculpture 1810-1940, New York, Apr. 20-June 4, 1982, pp. 42-43, cat. no. 19b
M.F. Rogers, Jr., Sketches and Bozzetti by American Sculptors, 1880-1950, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1987, p. 59, fig. 41
M.F. Rogers, Jr., Sketches and Bozzetti by American Sculptors, 1880-1950, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1987, p. 59, fig. 41