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Source Description
This statuette was cast from the original model for the crowing figure in the pediment of the permanent Art Palace, St. Louis Exposition, 1904 (present location unknown). The artist wrote in a letter to the Walters Art Museum in 1940: "I think I made them ["Inspiration" and "Justice" (WAM 54.693)] in 1903, that they belong to Mr. Hebrard, Rue Royale, Paris, and were by him sold to Mr. Walters in 1906. They are the original studies for other works and there are no other copies in existence."
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Document identity
localId
10399
label
Allegory of Inspiration
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obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
10399
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Allegory of Inspiration
description
This statuette was cast from the original model for the crowing figure in the pediment of the permanent Art Palace, St. Louis Exposition, 1904 (present location unknown). The artist wrote in a letter to the Walters Art Museum in 1940: "I think I made them ["Inspiration" and "Justice" (WAM 54.693)] in 1903, that they belong to Mr. Hebrard, Rue Royale, Paris, and were by him sold to Mr. Walters in 1906. They are the original studies for other works and there are no other copies in existence."
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1903
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statues
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 23 1/4 in. (59 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] On left side: O'CONNOR; [Stamp] Within an oblong: CIRE PERDUE. A A HERBRARD
med
bronze
creator_ids
16821
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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8f5e01a3496088a0