67A
Bessie Potter Vonnoh
(American, 1872–1955)
Water Lilies, modeled c. 1913
Estimate: $20,000-$30,000
Passed
Live Auction
American & European Art
Size
Height 28 1/2 inches.
Description
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
Signature
inscribed Bessie Potter Vonnoh (on the base); stamped ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (along the base)
Provenance
Provenance:
Bette Bryant Galleries, Kansas City, Missouri
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1969
Literature:
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, n.p. (another example illustrated)
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1943, pp. 83; 85 (another example referenced)
Joel Conner, Janice Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 165; 167; 168n13 (another example illustrated)
Julie Aronson, Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women, exhibition catalogue, Athens, Ohio, 2008, pp. 164-68 (another example illustrated)