Edward Alexander Mac Dowell
Helen Farnsworth Mears
American Art
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
1906
DIMENSIONS
Bronze plaque: 33 3/16 x 39 3/4 x 1 3/16 in. (84.3 x 101 x 3 cm)
Frame: 41 1/4 x 47 9/16 in. (104.8 x 120.8 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
In relief at lower left: "MODELLED . FROM . LIFE . / BY . HELEN . FARNSWORTH . / MEARS . / M.D.C.C.C.C.VI."; and inscribed along left edge: "COPYRIGHT . 1907 . BY . HELEN . FARNSWORTH . MEARS"
INSCRIPTIONS
In relief across top of plaque: "EDWARD . ALEXANDER . MAC-DOW-ELL . COMPOSER . MUSICIAN . AND . POET . ÆTATIS . XLV . / NIGHT . HAS . FALLEN . ON . A . DAY . OF . DEEDS."
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.757
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Anne Lupton Prince
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Rectangular plaque with bas relief portrait of Edward Alexander MacDowell (1861-1908); he is seated in an arm chair facing to right and holds a book on his lap. On the right hand side there is a roll of music titled "SONATA TRAGICA" with several bars of notes, superimposed on a laurel wreath. (Bronze plaque affixed to modern wooden frame.)
Condition: good
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Helen Farnsworth Mears (American, 1871–1916). Edward Alexander Mac Dowell, 1906. Bronze, Bronze plaque: 33 3/16 x 39 3/4 x 1 3/16 in. (84.3 x 101 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anne Lupton Prince, 16.757. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.757_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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