Bessie Potter Vonnoh

(American, 1872–1955)

Water Lilies, modeled c. 1913

bronze

inscribed Bessie Potter Vonnoh (on the base); stamped ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (along the base)

Height 28 1/2 inches.

Property from the Estate of Gloria and Edwin Thompson, Paradise Valley, Arizona

Provenance:

Bette Bryant Galleries, Kansas City, Missouri

Purchased from the above by the present owners, 1969

Literature:

Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, n.p. (another cast illustrated)

B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1943, pp. 83; 85 (another cast referenced)

Joel Conner, Janice Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 165; 167; 168n13 (another cast illustrated)

Julie Aronson, Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women, exhibition catalogue, Athens, Ohio, 2008, pp. 164-68 (another cast illustrated)

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Bessie Potter Vonnoh

(American, 1872–1955)

Water Lilies, modeled c. 1913

bronze

inscribed Bessie Potter Vonnoh (on the base); stamped ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (along the base)

Height 28 1/2 inches.

Property from the Estate of Gloria and Edwin Thompson, Paradise Valley, Arizona

Provenance:

Bette Bryant Galleries, Kansas City, Missouri

Purchased from the above by the present owners, 1969

Literature:

Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, n.p. (another cast illustrated)

B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1943, pp. 83; 85 (another cast referenced)

Joel Conner, Janice Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 165; 167; 168n13 (another cast illustrated)

Julie Aronson, Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women, exhibition catalogue, Athens, Ohio, 2008, pp. 164-68 (another cast illustrated)

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Water Lilies, modeled c. 1913

Water Lilies, modeled c. 1913

American Art

Water Lilies, modeled c. 1913

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