A Modern Madonna, 1904

  • Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., founded 1899, active 19th-20th century
  • Bessie Potter Vonnoh, American, 1872-1955

Bronze

  • Overall: 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (38.7 × 38.7 × 21 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth

20.9

Department

American Art before 1950

Title is inscribed inside the sculpture, by the artist's hand. Inscribed, lower right back: Roman Bronze Works | N.Y. 1904

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Booth

1920-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bulletin of the DIA 1, 8 (1920): p. 125 (ill.). Arts and Crafts in Detroit 1906-1976. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, p. 104, no. 95 (ill.). Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women. Exh. cat., Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, 2008, pp. 130-131, no. 15 (ill.).

Bessie Potter Vonnoh; Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., A Modern Madonna, 1904, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, 20.9.