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(Girl with Birdbath on Head), (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Robinson, Hylah Edwards  Search this
Assistant:
Upshur, Elias Abraham  Search this
Robinson, Samuel Straughan  Search this
Medium:
Concrete, painted white
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Fontainebleau Farm Route 1, Box 215 King William Virginia 23806
Date:
1934-1938
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
Image on file.
unsigned
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 stands holding a basin over her head with both hands. She wears a skirt of tobacco leaves supported by a strap of flowers which crosses over her proper right shoulder.
Topic:
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Object--Foliage--Tobacco  Search this
Object--Flower  Search this
Control number:
IAS VA000113
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_322932