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Sculptor:
Ream, Vinnie 1847-1914  Search this
Subject:
Sappho  Search this
Medium:
Marble
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1915.6.1
Date:
Ca. 1870
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
National Museum of American Art, 1990.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
(On base, right side:) VINNIE REAM. FECIT ROME signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
A female figure dressed in classical Greek robes; her right breast is exposed and she is holding a slip of paper in her left hand. A lyre is at her feet, leaning against her right leg.
Topic:
Portrait female  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Dress--Historic--Classical Dress  Search this
Object--Musical Instrument--Lyre  Search this
Control number:
IAS 08581580
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_291150