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Paul Wayland Bartlett (American 1865–1925) ,"Torso of a Woman". Unsigned carved marble torso 1895-1923 Provenance: From a New England collector with Yale University connections. Bartlett received an Honorary Masters Degree from Yale in 1918. Sculpture similar to a smaller bronze sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art date recorded as 1895 and a 7 inch female torso cast by Zoppo Foundry New York that bears the artist's monogram. The catalogue of Ameican sculpture at The Metropolitan lists Bartlett having possibly exhibited variations of the "Torso of a Woman"at The Paris Salon 1895,1909,1911, Louisiana Purchase Exhibition 1904, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 1905, Detroit Institute of Arts 1907, Baltimore Museum of Art 1908, Chicago Art Institute 1923 Musee de l'Orangerie 1929.
Dimensions: Height of marble alone is 24 inches by 10 inches in width by 12 inches in depth. Height of wood base alone is 30 inches |
