Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West

Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West

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Property from a Private Collection, Detroit

Edmonia Lewis

The Bride of Spring

Auction Closed

January 24, 06:07 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Detroit

Edmonia Lewis

1844 - 1907


The Bride of Spring

signed E Lewis., titled The Bride of Spring. and dated Roma 1879 (along the base)

marble

height: 48 in. 121.9 cm.

Executed in 1879.

(possibly) Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati (acquired directly from the artist circa 1880)

Private Collection, Paris, Kentucky (acquired from the above)

Paris-Bourbon County Library, Kentucky (acquired from the above)

Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, 12 October 2007, lot 644 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Diane Heilenman, "Rare Piece Found in Kentucky," The Courier-Journal, Louisville, 3 June 2007, pp. I-1 and I-4, illustrated in color

"Sculpture by Black Artist Resurfaces," The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio, 21 July 2007, p. 51, illustrated