About the Artwork
A Modern Madonna
1904
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (Artist) American, 1872-1955 Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. (Manufacturer) Founded 1899, active 19th-20th century
Bronze
Overall: 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (38.7 × 38.7 × 21 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth
20.9
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Markings
Title is inscribed inside the sculpture, by the artist's hand. Inscribed, lower right back: Roman Bronze Works | N.Y. 1904
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Booth
1920-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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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.).
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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.
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