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Helen
Accession # 73.58
Artist Chester Beach
Title Helen
Date ca. 1909-1910
Medium Marble
Dimensions 19 x 14 x 10 1/2 in. (48.3 x 35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscriptions Inscribed along front bottom edge: "HELEN"
Signed Unsigned
Credit Line Gift of Pamela Nesbet, Robert L. Thirkield and Gilbert H. Thirkield, Jr.
Location Visible Storage: Case 4, Shelf G (Sculpture)
Description Bust of Helen Leeming (1900-1973) of Brooklyn, NY. Young girl in frontal pose; hair combed back from forehead and secured at top of head with larg bow; curls fall to shoulders at sides, longer in back; square neckline of dress edged with decorative floral band; two vertical rows of buttons along edging; integral conforming base. Condition: Good.