About the Artwork
Polar Bear
between 1911 and 1917
Frederick George Richard Roth
1872-1944
American
Unknown
Marble
Overall: 19 1/8 × 23 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (48.6 × 60.3 × 34.3 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
Gift of George G. Booth
17.2
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Markings
Signed: F G R Roth
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Provenance
George G. Booth
1917-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DMA 11, 6: p. 53.
Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, p. 103, no. 94 (ill.).
“Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement. Detroit News (April 29, 1984): p. 23 (ill.).
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Frederick George Richard Roth, Polar Bear, between 1911 and 1917, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George G. Booth, 17.2.
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