Bessie Potter Vonnoh
(American, 1872–1955)
Water Lilies, modeled c. 1913
Sale 1177 - American Art
May 19, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$8,000 -
$12,000
Sold for $9,450
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot 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
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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