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"Libbiloo" horse bookend

Designed by: Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Cast by: Eugene Joseph Rowan (American, 1875–1967)
designed about 1929; made about 1930–39
Object Place: New York, New York

Medium/Technique Nickel-plated Monel metal
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 17.1 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1461
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork

ProvenanceBy 1986, owned by Alan Moss (dealer) New York, New York; December 19, 1986 sold by Moss to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)