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Portrait of Margret Craver (Withers)
1948
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
40.64 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm (16 x 10 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1998.571
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionPortrait bust with off-the-shoulder-length, wavy hair framing sitter's face; original ebonized wooden, stepped base. The surface of the bronze is highly textured by the mostly intact, small pieces of clay used to build up the figure. Areas of the subject's skin are finished with cross-hatching and stamping.
Marks
Incised "1948" and "BRUCE / MOORE" on shoulder of bust; "MODERN ART FDRY" stamped incuse along base of sculpture at rear.
InscriptionsInscribed below back of neck, on proper right side: "BRUCE/MOORE"
Inscribed on side of proper left rim below subject's ear: "1948"
Stamped on bottom of base of back: "MODERN ART FDRY.N.Y."
Inscribed on side of proper left rim below subject's ear: "1948"
Stamped on bottom of base of back: "MODERN ART FDRY.N.Y."
ProvenanceCharles Withers had Moore's 1948 clay/plaster version cast by Modern Art Foundry. The bronze bust was given by Withers in 1959 as a wedding gift to his wife, Margret Craver.