Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1835-1910)

Venezia

Details

Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1835-1910)
Venezia
signed 'L.G. MEAD' (on the back)--inscribed with title (on the hair clasp)
marble
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high

Literature

W. Craven, Sculpture in America, New York, 1968, pp. 323, 343, fig. 9.7, another example illustrated.
K. Greenthal, American Figurative Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 178-80, another example illustrated.
H. Nichols, B. Clark, A Marble Quarry: The James H. Ricau Collection of Sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art, New York, 1997, pp. 240-42, another example illustrated.
Conner-Rosenkranz, LLC, American Sculpture 1845-1925, New York, 1999, pp. 10-11, 61, another example illustrated.

Lot Essay

One of Larkin Goldsmith Mead's most well known sculptures, Venezia was conceived during the artist's stay in Venice, Italy, from 1862 to 1865. Other examples of Venezia are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; California Historical Society, San Francisco, California; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.

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