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Aronson, Julie; Janis Connor (essay) - Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Sculptor of Women

Title: Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Sculptor of Women
Description: Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2008. Softbound. Color glossy pictorial wraps. xv; 286 pp. 88 color and bw text figures, and more than 42 vivid color plates of 42 works. From rear cover: In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monuments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872?1955) made significant contributions to small bronze sculpture and garden statuary designed for the embellishment of the home. Julie Aronson explores how, by concentrating on sculpture for domestic settings that expertly combined naturalism with elegance, Vonnoh negotiated a male-dominated field to create a pathway to professional success and made high-quality sculpture accessible to a wider audience. In an essay that examines Vonnoh's relationship with her foundries and scrutinizes bronze castings, Janis Conner demystifies baffling issues of authenticity and quality in turn-of-the-century bronzes. VG. creasing to corner & back cover edge.

Keywords: American Artists ; Vonnoh, Bessie Potter ; ;

Price: US$ 29.97 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 114434

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