Sea Treasures (from the Wading series)
model 1911, cast 1913 or later
Sculptor, American, 1878 - 1942
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 25.4 × 33.66 × 24.77 cm (10 × 13 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3798
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; bequest 1968 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[1] acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] This sculpture, along with others by the artist, had been on long-term loan to the Corcoran at the time of the artist's death in 1942. In 1968, after failed efforts to reach the sculptor's executor, by special authority granted the Corcoran director on advice of counsel, the works were accessioned into the Corcoran's collection, giving credit to the lenders as donors of the objects.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1914
Possibly Exhibition of Sculpture by Chester Beach, Abastenia St. L. Eberle, Mahonri Young [on the theme of 'everyday life of the common people'], Macbeth Gallery, New York, February - March 1914, no. 20, as Seaweed.
1932
Small Bronzes by American Sculptors, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1932 (continuing exhibition that opened 8 February 1930).
1975
Loan to display at a State Dinner, The White House, Washington, 15 May 1975.
1980
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, Sculptor (1878-1942), Des Moines Art Center, 15 July - 17 August 1980, no. 17a, repro.
1987
Women at Work: Sculpture from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1987, unnumbered checklist.
2004
Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 7 August 2005, unpublished checklist.
2009
American Bronzes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 29 April 2009 - 2013, no catalogue.
2013
American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.
Bibliography
1913
Caffin, Charles. "Sculptures Rich in Life and Art." New York American(1913): 6.
1986
Casteras, Susan P. "Abastenia St. Leger Eberle's White Slave." Woman's Art Journal(1986): 32.
1989
Conner, Janis, and Joel Rosenkranz. Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1983-1938. Austin, 1989: 31.
Inscriptions
on top of base, proper right: A. ST. L. EBERLE
Wikidata ID
Q63863375