An acoustiguide tour of Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina narrated by A. Hyatt Mayor, the nephew of sculptor Anna Hyatt-Huntington, with an introduction by the director at that time, Gurdon Lucius Tarbox, Jr. Mayor discusses sculpture in the collection by numerous sculptors including Anna Hyatt-Huntington, Charles Rumsey, Daniel Chester French, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Excerpts from interviews with Anna Hyatt-Huntington are included in the recording.
Biographical / Historical:
Sculpture garden, Murrells Inlet, S.C. Est. 1931 by Archer Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt-Huntington. The garden features the work of American figurative sculptors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as Southeastern flora and fauna.
Peter A. Juley & Son. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's sculpture His last charge, circa 1919. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1851-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Richard McDermott Miller. Full body and 7/24 reduction of measurements of artists' model Nannette Domingos, 1963 Sept. 5. Richard McDermott Miller papers, 1962-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Richard McDermott Miller. Sketch of 11/10 life size torso for artists' model Nannette Domingos, 1963 Sept. 24. Richard McDermott Miller papers, 1962-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Reproduction of Diana by Augustus Saint Gaudens, between 1940 and 1969?. Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers, 1929-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Photograph of Friendship Fountain by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney at Paris Salon, 1913. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1851-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Longworth Powers. Page of photographs of various works by Hiram Powers and two images of the artist, 186-?. Hiram Powers papers, 1819-1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Robert Laurent and American figurative sculpture, 1910-1960 : selections from the John N. Stern collection and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art / Roberta K. Tarbell