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Property of a Midwest Collector
Adolf Alexander Weinman (1870-1952)
'Rising Day' and 'Descending Night,' A Matched Pair of Bronze Allegorical Figures
Details
Adolf Alexander Weinman (1870-1952)
'Rising Day' and 'Descending Night,' A Matched Pair of Bronze Allegorical Figures
each inscribed '© A.A.WEINMAN.FECIT' on the base and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y' on the edge of the base--the first numbered 'No. 27' underneath; the second numbered 'No. 17' underneath
bronze with dark green patina
each: 26 in. (66.1 cm.) high (2)
'Rising Day' and 'Descending Night,' A Matched Pair of Bronze Allegorical Figures
each inscribed '© A.A.WEINMAN.FECIT' on the base and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y' on the edge of the base--the first numbered 'No. 27' underneath; the second numbered 'No. 17' underneath
bronze with dark green patina
each: 26 in. (66.1 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner, 1979.
Literature
J. James, Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts, 1915, pp. 18-21, illustration of another example
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1937
The National Sculpture Society, New York, American Sculpture Series: Adolph A. Weinman, New York, 1950, pp. 16-19, 61, illustration of another example
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 122
Whitney Museum of American Art, 200 Years of American Sculpture, New York, 1976, p. 115, nos. 151, 152, illustration of another example
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1937
The National Sculpture Society, New York, American Sculpture Series: Adolph A. Weinman, New York, 1950, pp. 16-19, 61, illustration of another example
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 122
Whitney Museum of American Art, 200 Years of American Sculpture, New York, 1976, p. 115, nos. 151, 152, illustration of another example