'Good Night'

Details

Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955)
'Good Night'
inscribed 'Bessie Potter Vonnoh' (along the base)-- inscribed 'cast by Griffoul, Newark, N.J.' and 'No. 19' (interior base)
On original carved terracotta base with paper label stenciled 1322 and inscribed in pencil 'Good Night Bessie Potter Vonnoh'
bronze with brown patina
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist.
Hillis Family, Christmas Cove, Maine.
Kaja and Patrice Veilleux.
Christie's, New York, 16 March 1990, lot 162.

Literature

Art & Progress, June 1913, illustrated
Art Institute of Chicago, Bulletin, 1915, illustrated

Exhibited

Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of a Collection of Small Bronzes Arranged by the National Sculpture Society, February 8-March 13, 1913, no. 125

Lot Essay

Also known as On the Sandman's Trail, an example of the present model was acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1915. It is rare to find an example which retains the original gilt-gesso over terracotta base designed by Vonnoh as does the present example.

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