Lot Essay
The present work is a model for a large-scale garden sculpture (fig. 1) made for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pratt's Glen Cove, Long Island estate, Welwyn. No other casts of this model are known.
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'Spirit of the Woods'
Details
Edward Francis McCartan (1879-1947)
'Spirit of the Woods'
inscribed 'E. MCCARTAN' (on the base)--stamped 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (along the base)
bronze with verdigris patina
22 in. (55.9 cm.) high
Cast in 1914.
'Spirit of the Woods'
inscribed 'E. MCCARTAN' (on the base)--stamped 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (along the base)
bronze with verdigris patina
22 in. (55.9 cm.) high
Cast in 1914.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 2 February 1979, lot 511.
Private collection, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above.
Exhibited
New York, National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, 1915, no. 104.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Annual Exhibition, 1916, no. 643 (awarded George D. Widener Gold Medal).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Annual Exhibition, 1916, no. 643 (awarded George D. Widener Gold Medal).